Afghanistan China in Afghanistan: risks, interests and regional politics After nearly 20 years the United States and NATO withdrew their troops from Afghanistan at the end of August, abandoning their Afghan allies at the mercy of the Taliban, who ⋙
scholars at risk Call for support for the release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali It has been five years since Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali's was arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death in Iran. On Monday, April 26, 2021, Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen, President of the ⋙
scholars at risk Academics matter: Emergency Action for Ahmadreza Djalali We, members of ERIS, are concerned about Ahmadreza Djalali’s case and ask the Iranian authorities to take immediate action to suspend the capital sentences issued against Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. ⋙
academic freedom Academic freedom in pandemic times The ravages of Covid-19 at a global level are under the spotlight. Everyday lives, health systems and economies are not, however, the only domains where the current pandemic makes its ⋙
CIA In-Court Securitising Speech-Acts On the endless need for the re-securitisation of state security. The so-called ‘Copenhagen school’ of security studies has stirred the waters of international relations theory, and perhaps of social sciences ⋙
