gender The Beauty and The Beast: The Obsession Over the Body and Physical Appearance in The Far-Right Traditionally, the far-right communities have been male-dominated spaces, while women have remained largely underrepresented. This tendency goes hand in hand with the prevalence of gendered narratives praising traditional gender roles: ⋙
European Union Frontex’s evolution from the undisputable to the untenable EU border agency Fabrice Leggeri, the Executive Director of the European Union border agency "Frontex", resigned on 29th April 2022 following the release of the initial findings of an anti-fraud investigation. ⋙
Debate Re-Thinking the EU’s Contentious Role in Central Asia’s Borderlands 2021 has been a restless year for Central Asia – from Sadyr Japarov’s rise to the presidency in Kyrgyzstan to interethnic tensions in Kazakhstan and low-level violence in Tajikistan’s ⋙
Afghanistan Betrayal in Kabul. Staccato reactions to Western self-regard Failure, debacle, fiasco. These are the most frequently used terms in the English language mediascape to assess the US and NATO performance following the Taliban's return to power ⋙
Afghanistan Taliban rule in Kabul: authoritarianism on the rise, democracies on the defensive A world of mediation, alliances and ideological amalgamation, the resurgent Islamic emirate aims to gain legitimacy in the international system The Taliban are more careful today than twenty years ago ⋙
Gaza The urbicide of the Gaza Strip The war in the Gaza Strip did not end on 21 May 2021, just as it did not begin 12 days earlier. In a sort of contemporary reinterpretation of many ⋙
Turkey The deep crisis of the Turkish mafia-State Last month the notorious mobster Sedat Peker started posting incriminatory videos on Turkish media. Staring at the camera, Mr Peker discloses some alleged secrets and crimes of the so-called Turkey’ ⋙
Turkey New Political Debate in Turkey: Istanbul Convention While violence against women worldwide is on sharp rise, we are also witnessing a backlash and attack against the rights that protect women from such violence. One such recent example ⋙
Debate “Welcome home Silvia, into the lion’s den”: How gender biased narratives frame hostage liberations News of Silvia Romano’s liberation started to circulate in social media on May 9th. Each one of our virtual walls, irrespective of the political faction, cultural background and personal ⋙
Debate North Korean Security Amidst Stability and Threats by Giorgio Falchi, Antonella Lena, Michela Masciocchi, Roberto Talenti Much has been said on the current leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un: a crazy rocket man or a genius, a ⋙
Debate The Colombian Peace Process: an empty bag of unfulfilled promises? The faltering implementation of the peace agreement provides favorable circumstances for the surge of organized crime, while the conditions of those who have been most affected during the years of ⋙
Debate What does the arrest of Patrick George Zaky tell us about the state of academic freedom? Nearly four years after the brutal murder of Giulio Regeni, a doctoral student conducting fieldwork in Cairo, the Egyptian authorities continue to repress intellectual life for both students, academics and ⋙
Debate Political Violence, Repression and Arbitrary Detention in Egypt: the case of Patrick George Zaky History repeats itself if you do not know how to draw lessons from it. Giulio Regeni was an Italian PhD student at the University of Cambridge who was kidnapped on ⋙
Debate Are Some Sahelian Jihadist Groups ‘Antifragile’? Over recent years, jihadists have had a string of tactical wins against West African armies. Evidence from their attacks on Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) suggests that the ‘antifragile’ character of ⋙
Debate Contrasting agendas: EU’s migration governance vs. West African governments’ priorities In the aftermath of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’, the EU should take into consideration what the real interests of their partners in West Africa and the Sahel are and accept ⋙
Debate Robot fighting: Libya and the wars of the future Intervening at the ISPI Med forum in Rome on December 7, 2019, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya, Ghassane Salame, said that the current conflict in Libya ⋙
