Terrorism and Crime

How Does the Italian Mafia Affect Mixed Migration?

Carolina de Deus Pedreiro • Jan 16 2023 • Essays

The Italian mafia influences mixed migration by taking advantage of migrant vulnerability, increasing its influence and creating a domestic and global security threat.

Threatening Engagement: Regional Hegemons and Terrorist Groups

Mostafa Elsharkawy • Oct 8 2022 • Essays

Counter-terrorism tends to be employed in case of a threat to regional hegemon’s economic capabilities, allies or geopolitical interests.

Do Assassinations Serve Little Purpose Other than to Communicate Resolve?

Arran Kennedy • Sep 24 2022 • Essays

Assassinations do not only communicate resolve. They serve other functions, too, such as eliminating perceived threats and increasing diplomatic leverage.

North Korean Female Defectors in China: Human Trafficking and Exploitation

Kristin Hynes • Aug 9 2022 • Essays

Already in a vulnerable position, North Korean defectors, particularly women, are susceptible to human trafficking. Chinese policy can tackle or enhance this issue.

The Impact of the Rise of Islamic Extremism on Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia

Yeo Qin-Liang • Jul 7 2022 • Essays

The Indonesian National Armed Forces has exploited the rise of Islamic extremism to intrude in civilian affairs and enhance its own material interests.

Deconstructing Narco-Terrorism in Failed States: Afghanistan and Colombia

Silvia De Giuseppe • Jun 21 2022 • Essays

The essay establishes the causational relation, or the lack thereof, between failed states and narco-terrorism; re-framing narco-terrorism’s ontology, and epistemology.

Terrorists Need an Ideology

Catharina Savelkoul • Jun 15 2022 • Essays

Terrorists need an ideology because it defines an overarching objective and targets, justifies attacks internally, and generally helps to attract resources and recruits.

Decolonizing Counter-terrorism: Opportunities Within Transnational Governance

Tariq Azeez • Apr 25 2022 • Essays

This essay explores how aspects of transnational governance have contributed to decolonizing counter-terrorism while tackling the underlying drivers of violent extremism.

Citizenship Deprivation Policy in the UK and Abroad: a Postcolonial Analysis

Kate Goodfellow • Apr 10 2022 • Essays

Colonial history is still reflected in the UK citizen deprivation policy, segregating white and Muslim British citizens—it has a global impact too.

The Islamic State’s Guidelines on Sexual Slavery: the Case of the Yazidis

Agnes Termeer • Apr 3 2022 • Essays

The way ISIS rationalised its sexual slavery points to a transcendent and distinctive pattern of violence insufficiently explained by any of the existing theories.

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