Archive for September 2021
Théotime Chabre - "Mobility by default: the "new destinations" of Nigerian students".
Publication published in the journal De facto, issue 27 of the Institut Convergences et Migrations, July 2021Online "While studying abroad gives you a special status, access to the most sought-after universities is increasingly dependent on having a "good" passport. In this context, Nigerian students are very often forced to...
Read MoreThéotime Chabre, Jimmy Stef, Taina Saarinen - "Diversity among the new destinations of International Higher Education: the case of Malaysia and North Cyprus".
Théotime Chabre, Jimmy Stef, Taina Saarinen - "Diversity among the new destinations of International Higher Education: the case of Malaysia and North Cyprus", June 2021, University of Aarhus For the seminar "European Universities in a Shifting Global Context" Online
Read MoreDorota Dakowska - "Germany: between stability and caution, what is Angela Merkel's legacy?
LCI, 25 September 2021Interview Caroline Quevrainen ligne "REVIEW - Since 2005, the Chancellor has succeeded in making Germany the driving force behind Europe and the EU's biggest budget contributor. Relatively powerful economically and stable in its political institutions, Germany must now find a successor and take up some major challenges."
Read MoreDaniel Monterescu and Yoann Morvan - "Jaffa and Lod: spectres of civil war".
Revue Esprit, 478, October 2021, p.25-28. online "Intense violence shook the Israeli-Palestinian space in the spring of 2021. While Jerusalem is often considered to be the epicentre of the conflict, the sequence revealed the cardinal importance of another, lesser-known area, but one that is also highly symbolic: the 'mixed' cities of Jaffa and Lod/al-Lydd. Living relics of the war...
Read MoreNicolas Maisetti, Cesare Mattina (eds.) - Cursing the city. A comparative socio-history of denunciations of urban corruption
ed. Septentrion, "Espaces politiques" series, Sept. 2021. This book analyses the indictment of the phenomena of public impropriety, which extends to the stigmatisation of certain cities as corrupt and corrupting. It explores different periods (from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day) and several European and North American spaces: the American cities of the...
Read MoreMohamed Tozy. Morocco - "The RNI's victory probably satisfies the monarchy".
Jeune Afrique, 13 September 2021 Interview by Fadwa Islahlien "The spectacular collapse of the PJD, which has been in power for ten years, and the comfortable victory of Aziz Akhannouch's RNI... Morocco's legislative elections have completely reshuffled the political deck. Explanations and analysis by Mohamed Tozy, a researcher and professor at Sciences Po Aix.
Read MoreLaurent Mucchielli - "Thinking about violence
Rhizome 80-81 - "Echoes of violence", Summer 2021 Article available for download "From crime stories reported extensively in the media and on social networks to street demonstrations and all forms of insult and harassment, our society is saturated with the use of the word 'violence'. No territory, no profession, no social scene...
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Read MoreWalter Bruyère-Ostells, Stephen Rookes - "Mercenaries in the Congo and Biafra 1960-1970: Africa's weapon of choice?"
Small Wars and Insurgencies magazine, August 2021.link Abstract" Often maligned by academics and international organisations alike, mercenaries are perceived as being a contributory factor to the worsening of conflict and as a threat to democracy. This chapter demonstrates that this reputation is not wholly deserved, and that in certain cases mercenaries have made a valuable contribution to...
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