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The ‘mantra of stability’ versus human security in the post-Soviet space
(Global Campus, 2017-12)
This article provides an understanding of current human security challenges in the post-Soviet space. Cognisant that such studies are rare, we hope to provide a stepping stone for further theoretical and empirical research. ...
Securitisation versus citizenship in the Balkan states: Populist and authoritarian misuses of security threats and civic responses
(Global Campus, 2017-12)
The objective of this article is threefold: to identify the main security threats in the post-conflict and (post)-crisis Balkans; to analyse the emergence and strengthening of authoritarian and far-right tendencies as both ...
Selected developments in human rights and democratisation during 2015: Middle East
(Global Campus, 2017-01)
This contribution aims at providing a synthetic analysis of the process of political changes which has been driving and continues to drive a wave of unrest across the Middle East. It presents a slightly different understanding ...
Human rights and democracy in the Arab World in 2017: Hopeless within, doomed abroad
(Global Campus, 2018-10)
Abstract: This article, which gives an overview of the situation pertaining to
human rights and democracy in the Arab world during 2017, deals with the
situation in nine countries. These countries represent a varied ...
Selected developments in human rights and democratisation during 2018: Could it have been worse? Mixed messages around democracy and human rights in the Asia Pacific
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2019)
During 2018 the downward slide in human rights and democracy
across the Asia Pacific region was slowed down, but not reversed. Many of the
concerns gripping the region, such as the treatment of the Rohingya by the
Myanmar ...
Dystopia is now: Digital authoritarianism and human rights in Asia
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2019)
The advent of new information and communication technologies has
opened up new economic opportunities, heightened the availability of
information, and expanded access to education and health knowledge and
services. These ...
A contradictory 2019 in the Arab world: The heralds of a second Arab Spring in times of increased vulnerability and upgraded authoritarianism
(Global Campus of Human Rights, 2020)
During the year 2019 mass mobilisations broke out throughout
the Arab region, with protestors calling for regime change and denouncing
mismanagement, corruption and the lack of basic services and human rights
in countries ...