neoliberalism Participation without power and property in new governance models Everybody wants more participation, not less. But the current social project for Europe ultimately offers a kind of feeble, diluted participation that we will affectionately call objet petit p: a ⋙
Russia Anti-corruption protests in Russia The anti-corruption rallies that were organized all over Russia last 26 March open a new, uncertain phase in Russian politics. In 2011-2012, protests were pro-democracy, pro-Western and mobilizing mainly the ⋙
migrants Europe as Terraferma: against the criminalisation of solidarity In recent years the EU institutions and most member states have criminalised not only the illegal entry into the EU territory, but also citizens' human solidarity with irregular migrants ⋙
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 ⋙
USA Just another brick in the (Great American) Wall The construction of a Great American Wall on the border with Mexico is still seen as a pressing necessity by large sectors of the U.S. administration and electorate. Why ⋙
terrorism Decontaminating the University — or the Cognitive Repression of Radical Thinking Radicalisation as the main conduit to terrorism has by now become a slippery as much as pervasive concept: it is ubiquitous and chimeric at the same time, it is everywhere ⋙
Colombia Colombia's Referendum: Low Turnout and Activist Minorities How to dash hopes that civil wars can be ended with honor and rehabilitation. After negotiating a comprehensive peace agreement with the FARC-EP guerrillas and signing in on September 26th, ⋙
Islamic State It's not all about violence: the Islamic State and Nutella “I’m making pancakes, and there’s Nutella, come up in a bit” “oi … you have my back dont snake it” “come b4 I finish dem mwhaha :p” These tweets, ⋙
Islam Reforming Islam in Morocco A few notes on the 'Mālikī Third Way’ (to heaven). Islam-inspired armed groups and terrorist attacks stroked public opinions and affected political equilibria in contexts as diverse as France ⋙
Debate Cause of Death: Research On Giulio Regeni's abduction and killing in Cairo. Giulio Regeni, Italian PhD student in development studies, University of Cambridge, has been found dead on February 3rd 2016, with ⋙
Debate First they came for... Academic (or otherwise) freedom threatened in Turkey. Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lynching and defamation modes are again on the headlines, this time with the charges and accusations ⋙
academic freedom For Academic Freedom in Turkey The editorial board of Security Praxis shares the concern expressed by scholars, researchers and political analysts for academic freedom in Turkey. We endorse the Public Statement of the Presidents and ⋙
activism Walking between Praxis and Practices Since critical approaches have been injected into the realm of Security Studies[1] the assaults on positivist postures have mounted. Over the last two decades, Critical Security Studies (CSS) embarked ⋙
asymmetries Job (security) hunting or, the job that wasn't there On the quality and the quantity of the quest for international jobs today. Adopting a generation-graphic approach I reflect in this post on the dynamics revolving around international jobs applications. ⋙
borders Peripheralizing Europe How We Can Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Peripheries. Peripheralizing Europe (“an east/south encounter of translocal politics and practices”) is the title of a meeting that has ⋙
EU My Name Is Isolation On traveling with a Kosovo passport in the European Union gated community. In visa application procedures, I have no identity. My identity is my passport and my passport is my ⋙
