African Union Positioning “Africa”: extraverted agency amidst global (dis)order A spectre is haunting Africa: the spectre of African agency. Long denied, African agency is surfacing in new ways in the current context of the new global (dis)order and ⋙
Interviews Antisemitism, Palestine and academic freedom. Interview with the European Legal Support Center The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) adopted a working definition of antisemitism of 2016 to address the rise in hate and discrimination against Jews. It has been formally adopted ⋙
migrants Migration Data Governance: A Critical Discussion on the Digital “Black Box” of Migration Digitalization of governance, transparency, accountability, as well as legal and socio-political implications of data-driven migration governance are among the topics addressed during the workshop “Migration data governance” hosted by the ⋙
Interviews Between borders, technologies, and databases: (in)visibilising emerging challenges in migration. A conversation with Niovi Vavoula Both at the external EU borders, such as Greece and Italy, and the internal ones amongst EU Member States, we have witnessed a dispersion of the border, through its digitalization. ⋙
democracy In Francophone West Africa, democracy continues to backslide by Ornella Moderan,* Independent Researcher, Bamako, Mali West Africa’s democracy crisis runs deeper than military coups. On this year’s International Day of Democracy, 15 September, there isn’t ⋙
Georgia Security expertise in Georgia: a social network analysis In Tbilisi, the think-tank experts, NGO directors, and other civil society actors who spend their working days debating Georgia’s foreign policy and drafting grant proposals on confidence-building or security ⋙
Turkey Diplomacy, legacies and weapons: How is Turkish foreign policy towards Africa changing by Akram Kharief* Turkey’s engagement in Africa has experienced a significant change in the last decade, most notably in North Africa. Turkey features a more assertive presence across the ⋙
Israel Deserted truths: a posthuman approach to the study of insecurity in the Naqab/Negev Protests erupted in southern Israel’s Negev region in mid-January 2022. Bedouin residents revolted against the Jewish tree-planting tradition of Tu-Bishvat. The event was organised by the Jewish National Fund ⋙
migrants Ukraine, Afghanistan and Belarus: What EU emergency response to ongoing migration plights? In less than a year, three new scenarios of crisis emerged within the EU and at its external borders. The takeover by the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021 further ⋙
terrorism Counter-terrorism and the fight against Al-Shabaab in East Africa: Time for a more targeted approach On 3 May 2022, militants of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab entered the African Union (AU) military base in El-Baraf, Somalia, engaging in a fight against Burundian forces that caused dozens ⋙
Sahel A Jihadists’ schism in central Sahel: conflict epilogue or prelude to a new escalation? The war on terror in the central Sahel has not yet reached a strategic breakthrough, as shown by the uninterrupted escalation of violence striking the region since 2015. A closer ⋙
Interviews Can empathy influence leadership, security, and high-stake situations? A conversation with Claire Yorke Can empathy influence leadership, security, and high-stake situations? The War in Afghanistan (2001), the Covid-19 pandemic (2019), and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (2022) are all events that have ⋙
Russia Kremlin’s spy mania and resistance in Russian academia With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many anti-war protests have taken place in Russia. As a result, many students and scholars have faced police violence and persecution. Maria Rakhmaninova is ⋙
