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 ⋙
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 ⋙
Conferences Africa (No) News: how the media forgot a continent during the Covid-19 emergency by COSPE The under-representation of Africa in the Italian media catches the eye even more today, during the COVID-19 emergency. The absence of Africa from Italian primetime TV news, already ⋙
Mediterranean A liquid frontline: new war imaginaries in the Mediterranean Sea In the last few years, the Mediterranean area has witnessed at least three massive and unprecedented military operations that involve EU member states: the Italian Mare Nostrum (2013-2014), EUNAVFOR Med ⋙
Interviews Our destiny, attached to life and exposed to death: an interview with Roberto Esposito A conversation about society, politics, and philosophy in the time of coronavirus and the current historical conjuncture. The coronavirus and the measures aimed to cope with it have severely impacted ⋙
Reviews Gomorrah's criminal divas Feminism’s critique of popular culture for the way they degrade, objectify, distort and stereotype women are legion. In relation to their engagement with crime and violence for example women ⋙
Field Ukraine’s women at arms by Guntaj Mirzayev. Seven years into the war in Donbass, Ukraine is undergoing reforms in its security and defense sectors, also for what concerns women’s participation in the military. ⋙
cybersphere The fight against coronavirus expands to cyberspace by Veronica Maiello While the global physical threat represented by the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be widely acknowledged, another, unphysical, threat rises on the horizon of our vulnerabilities – and it ⋙
Field Displacement in the Time of Corona: Life fragments of IDPs in Mali and Niger, among intercommunal violence and armed groups proliferation In the West, much is being written about the spread of the coronavirus. During the last months, we visited refugees and IDPs camps in Mali and Niger to witness the ⋙
Culture A single destiny binds the world: Immunity, Community, and Finitude The virus has become the widespread metaphor for all of our nightmares – Roberto Esposito, Terms of the Political, 2008 While not unexpected, the coronavirus pandemic has taken the whole world ⋙
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 ⋙
Culture Together alone: Marx in times of coronavirus “Non ci possiamo baciare! Senza baci!” We find ourselves confined inside our homes due to the coronavirus. As individuals, we shoulder the responsibility. We feel lonely and isolated. And nevertheless, ⋙
Culture Epidemiology of coronavirus as a psychosocial disease The coronavirus seems unstoppable. Science (with capital S) has dealt with the coronavirus mainly from a clinical and infectious point of view. In line with the standards of biomedical knowledge, ⋙
