In diesem Beitrag gehe ich auf die Biografie al-Sharaa’s ein und darauf, was diese für Post-Assad Syrien bedeuten könnte. Hier geht es zum Beitrag: “Wer ist Ahmed al-Sharaa, der Mann, der Assad stürzte?” Hier kann man den Beitrag hören: Hier geht’s zum PDF:
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Engaging with politico-ideological violence and politico-ideological mobilisation in relation to the Arab World
This chapter discusses scholarly and international definitions of terrorism, extremism, radicalisation and proposes a new definition of politico-ideological violence and mobilisation. The pertinence of taking the Arab World as a focal point for this study of grievances is elaborated on. ON a global level, political violence and mobilisation since 9/11 have been significantly impacted by…
‘Yes, security, there is security. But other than that, nothing.’: An empirical inquiry into the ‘everyday (in)security’ of Syrian and Iraqi urban refugees in Jordan
Ahmed Ajil[1], Manon Jendly[2], Claudia Campistol Mas[3] Scholarship on security has recently seen a shift from traditionally state-centric, elitist and objectivist conceptions of ‘security’ towards human-centred perspectives which put emphasis on forms of ‘vernacular’ and ‘everyday’ security, and promote bottom-up empirical inquiries to further our understand of what security looks like ‘from below’. There remains, however,…
Studying Terror Through my I’s: Autoethnographic Insider/Outsider Reflections of an Arab-Muslim Researcher
Abstract The phenomena referred to as terrorism and political violence have become a major object of academic interest over the past two decades. While the lack of first-hand data collection has been criticised, a growing number of researchers are conducting field research and interviews with individuals involved in these phenomena. Among those, there are scholars with ethnic,…