NIJAR Negotiating Peace with Militant Islam in the Sahel: Insights from the NIJAR Project The sight of Al-Qaeda’s flag flying over Mali’s Bamako International Airport after the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attack in late September highlights a stark reality: in ⋙
7 October Combat Cuties: the (self)weaponization of Israeli women soldiers’ image • Disclaimer: This blog post adopts a critical perspective on tweets and online content that explicitly trivialize and hyper-sexualize women's bodies, essentially amounting to sexual harassment. It includes such ⋙
Fentanyl The silent threat: Fentanyl's emerging impact on Europe Introduction Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is distinguished by its exceptional potency—surpassing that of heroin by fiftyfold and morphine by a hundredfold. Its pronounced potency elevates the risk of overdose ⋙
Bangladesh Bangladeshi Migration in the Mediterranean: Processes and Players In 2024, EU statistics revealed a concerning trend: up until May, 4,537 Bangladeshi individuals had irregularly crossed the central Mediterranean route, marking the highest number of migrants from a ⋙
film Reimagi(ni)ng the Resistance: the 2023 movie production Looking back to the film production of 2023, I believe that we, as out-of-time film lovers, have to be happy for such a quantity of engaging and (politically) engaged movies. ⋙
Macedonia Is the Sun (still) a star? North Macedonia 2024 elections and the EU integration process Introduction In the early 2000s, when the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) became the first Balkan country to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SSA), obtaining the candidate country ⋙
Libya Insights from the workshop “Governance in Libya: political, economic and security challenges” 27 May, SSSA Thirteen years of uncertainty, divisions, and local, regional, and international challenges marked Libya’s fragile governance of its unremitting conflicts. The workshop “Governance in Libya: political, economic and security challenges” ⋙
BDS What is the point…? How do we as educators tasked with creating and fostering active learning, critical thinking and civic engagement — the core aims of higher education institutions — continue our work in light of ⋙
Libya Human Transit in the Central Mediterranean: Insights and Future Work from the SHUT-MED PRIN Project Human mobility across the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR) is once again on the rise, and this phenomenon has significant political (securitization) and theoretical (securitization theory) implications. The project titled " ⋙
Captain America Just a guy who fights bullies: Captain America and the use of force “I don’t want to kill anyone. I don’t like bullies; I don’t care where they’re from”. Apparently, killing stereotypes is not Captain America’s (or Marvel’ ⋙
Sahel ETRA-ID Engaging Traditional and Religious Authorities in the Sahel: Final publications Coming to an end, the project ETRA-ID - Engaging Traditional and Religious Authorities in the Sahel: The Role of Interreligious Dialogue, funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ⋙
