Securitization

Reflecting on the Syrian Migration Crisis

By any standard of evaluation, many Eastern Mediterranean governments failed to meet the standards of democratic values and human rights as the Syrian migration wore on.

Refugees: From Securitization to Integration

The securitization of refugees has the capacity to unleash the emotive power of nationalism in unhelpful ways, as has been seen post 2015 in Europe.

Can the Academy Still Debate ‘Colonialism’?

Alaric Searle • Feb 10 2023 • Articles

Disagreeing vehemently with another scholar’s opinions in the academy is one thing, death threats and calls for a scholar to be fired quite another.

Review – Never-Ending War on Terror

Mohammed A. Salih • Oct 2 2022 • Features

This book focusses on the American military and cultural response to 9/11, and questions whether the campaign will ever have an end in sight.

Securitisation and Vernacular Discussions of Terrorism on Social Media

Social media users are not only aware of the dominant narratives produced in the wake of an attack, but that they also shape and challenge them.

Interview – Dimitris Skleparis

E-International Relations • Feb 26 2022 • Features

Dimitris Skleparis discusses the securitisation of migration, and resultant policy focusses and discourses on migration throughout Europe.

Interview – Rita Floyd

E-International Relations • May 2 2021 • Features

Rita Floyd talks about just securitization theory, whether Covid-19 has been morally securitised, and the ‘loosening of security.’

The Ideological Securitization of COVID-19: Perspectives from the Right and the Left

Ugo Gaudino • Jul 28 2020 • Articles

The protection of physical safety, above all in times of pandemics, appears to be a mutually shared national security issue to treat in an objective and rational fashion.

Analyzing Jair Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 War Metaphors

Bolsonaro’s militaristic rhetoric construing the notion that the COVID-19 threat is external gives rise to a false sense of stability and internal security.

Interview – Issac Kfir

E-International Relations • Aug 20 2019 • Features

Issac Kfir discusses the terrorist attacks in New Zealand and Sri Lanka, Australia’s counterterrorism policy, Asia-Pacific cooperation, and returning foreign fighters.

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