ERIS Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making Launch of International Spectator Special Issue guest edited by Morten Bøås and Francesco Strazzari. 03/12/2020 – 14:00-16:00 CET – on Microsoft Teams – Register here Once a region that ⋙
Counterinsurgency Nigeria's Super-Camps Strategy: early gains, disappointing outcomes In July 2019, the Nigerian army announced a new strategy in its war against the Boko Haram insurgency sweeping the North-East of the country. In spite of a resolute approach ⋙
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 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 ⋙
Field Missing Pieces in a Weapons Seizure in Northern Shan State On the 22nd November 2019 press releases started circulating on Myanmar social media and news outlets concerning what was defined as one of the largest weapons seizures carried out by ⋙
Field From the borderlands to the centre: land travelling in Myanmar In the early 2000s, with an article entitled “Geographies of Knowing, Geographies of Ignorance”, Willem van Schendel explored how areas are imagined and how knowledge constructs them into “heartlands” and ⋙
Debate Insurgencies: interdisciplinary snapshots On 24-25 September 2018 the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy, hosted a two-day conference titled Insurgencies: an interdisciplinary approach. The broader aim of the conference was to ⋙
