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’?
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
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
Dimitris Skleparis discusses the securitisation of migration, and resultant policy focusses and discourses on migration throughout Europe.
Interview – Rita Floyd
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
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
Issac Kfir discusses the terrorist attacks in New Zealand and Sri Lanka, Australia’s counterterrorism policy, Asia-Pacific cooperation, and returning foreign fighters.
