05 October 2021
What does the future hold for Middle Eastern states?
From independence until the advent of the Arab Spring, Middle Eastern states have suffered due to their constituting principle, a…
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27 July 2021
Young Palestinians in Lebanon face discrimination from all sides
An article written by Marie Kortam, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH), published on The Conversation on July 18, 2021.…
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19 July 2021
Wanted: European re–engagement with southern neighbourhood
This article written and published by Euractiv describes how economic and political instability in the MENA region have prevented Europe…
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02 July 2021
EU relations in north Africa hampered by migration tensions
The EU’s policy engagement with the region has tended to be through the prism of controlling migration flows from the…
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19 May 2021
How the Arab Spring changed the Middle East and North Africa forever
Ten years after people rose up against their leaders in country after country around the Middle East and North Africa,…
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07 December 2018
Angela Muvumba Sellström | Sexual violence as a weapon of war: why the Nobel Prize for Peace matters
For ordinary women and men, peace is vital – as essential as air itself. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, the…
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03 October 2018
Lotte Buch Segal | How torture tears apart societies from within
Munir is a Kurdish man in his forties. We met several times in his home, with his family, and in…
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17 June 2018
‘Face-to-face, humans are not good at violence’: Randall Collins in conversation with Michel Wieviorka
Ten years ago, two major work about violence came out: “Violence: A Micro-Sociological Theory”, by Randall Collins (Princeton University Press,…
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10 April 2018
Preventing sexual violence: lessons from rebel armies in Burundi and Uganda
War zones and conflict sites are incredibly dangerous for anyone living in them, but women are often particularly vulnerable in…
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19 November 2017
Terrorism, radicalisation and Islam: Michel Wieviorka in conversation with Marc Sageman
Michel Wieviorka and Marc Sageman, leading specialists in terrorism, political violence, radicalisation and their impact on our societies, exchange views…
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