Security Praxis

Paving the Way Out: Unveiling the role of different conflict transformation narratives for peacebuilding in Israel and Palestine

The protraction of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has led many to abandon the Manichean lens opposing ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’ in favour of another, contrasting warmongers and peacebuilders. Simultaneously, a growing need and demand for peace has propelled NGOs, already integrated into every stratum of life in the region, to the forefront of conflict transformation processes. Out of their many approaches and models, those facilitating encounters between Jews and Palestinians has proven particularly ⋙

Israel, Palestine, conflict transfromation

Research Highlights

Conference The Kurds and the others, 28-29/09/2023, Lecce

Rete Italiana di Studi Curdi (RISC) is organizing a two-day conference titled "The Kurds and 'the Others' in ⋙

In Conflitto - Dibattito al TPO, Bologna, 21/09/2023

Giovedì 21 settembre, centro sociale TPO, via Camillo Casarini, 17/5, Bologna, ore 19:00. "Cosa succede nell'Africa ⋙

ERIS at Italian Political Science Association annual conference, 14-16/09/2023, University of Genova

Next 14-16 September, ERIS scholars will mark their presence at the annual conference of the Italian Political Science ⋙

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Palestine

Resilience in Jenin: The Freedom Theatre's Journey of Artistic Defiance

The Jenin refugee camp (Palestine) became the setting for a significant military operation on September 6, which resulted in the arrest of Muhammad Naghnaghia (member of the Al Quds Brigades) ⋙

yazidi

Unhealed Wounds of The Yazidi Community and Survivors of Genocide By ISIS: A Story of Destruction

Nishtiman Khalaf Awsman In August 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) invaded the Sinjar city, in the Iraqi province of Nineveh. The region being a homeland to ⋙

Palestine

“Islam, Jihad, and Palestine”, the evolution of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad

On 9 May 2023, explosions lit up the sky over Gaza City as a series of air strikes launched by Israel killed three leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) ⋙

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: ⋙

EU

The quest of the Arctic between interests, representations and projections: the European Union as a geopolitical actor?

The EU does not see itself as a stranger to the Arctic and claims multiple links to the region, whether on a geographical, legal, economic, environmental, research or regional development-related ⋙

Afghanistan

Understanding forced marriage in Afghanistan: concepts and context (Part I)

_ Abdullah Shafaee * This contribution will be followed by a second one focusing on the current status of forced marriage in Afghanistan after the Taliban's return to power. Forced marriage is ⋙

Transnistria

Neighbouring the War: Transnistria and security concerns for Moldova

With the war in Ukraine overpassing its first anniversary, the rhetoric of a potential extension of the war to Moldova through Transnistria raises serious concerns. The president of Moldova, Maia ⋙

peru

The phenomenon of "terruqueo" in Peru: stigmatization and racism in the spike of protests against the government

Peru is in a state of political turmoil. The ex-president Pedro Castillo, who had been in power from July 28th 2021 until December 7th, 2022, will be remembered as the ⋙