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 ⋙
Italy Securitization of Islam in Italian counter-terrorism: Muslims as “suspect communities” The negative perception of Islam in Italy has increased over the last years. Recent surveys show that Italians overestimate the presence of Muslims (accounted for 20% of the population, while ⋙
Interviews Bringing sociology into the study of security: a conversation with Laura Fernández de Mosteyrín (II) Second part of the interview with more questions on practices of counter-terrorism in Spain and some final comments on the coronavirus epidemic [back to part one]. AM: Welcome back, Dr ⋙
Interviews Bringing sociology into the study of security: a conversation with Laura Fernández de Mosteyrín (I) Although in the last decades improvements have been done, International Relations still tends to be a closed discipline. While constructivist and critical approaches in the field have raised and highlighted ⋙
Debate Reframing the fight against terrorism: can counter-narratives write a new story? With the loss of the last stronghold in Baghouz, ISIS has formally been defeated. However, according to the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, its threat could increase because of combatants returning ⋙
Interviews Critical Terrorism Studies: a conversation with Richard Jackson "Given that the war on terror has killed and injured infinitely more people than non-state terrorism has, and that counterterrorism has harmed communities and individuals in a large number ⋙
