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Islamic State (IS), previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has shown nothing but destruction, chaos and sectarianism. Through terror strategies, they rapidly spread over great parts of eastern Syria and north and central Iraq. Their new recruits came from all over the world, but mainly from Islamic countries. Arab countries had the biggest share of recruits. While IS was assembling supporters and sympathisers, Sunni Clergymen constantly called for ‘material and moral’ support to the Syrian rebels, and accordingly, thousands of foreign fighters flooded into Syria for Jihad. According to a Soufan Group research in 2014 on the foreign fighters in Syria, it is estimated that the highest number of foreign fighters came from Tunisia (about 3,000), Saudi Arabia (about 2,500), Morocco (about 1,500), Russia (about 800), France (700), Turkey and the United Kingdom (about 400 each). These numbers exclude the Syrians and Iraqis who are already in IS...
Five books I liked in 2015
(2016)
Here are five books I read in 2015 that I particularly liked. Expect an eclectic mix of fiction and non-fiction, and not necessarily social-sciency. Although I tend to pick those books that end up having some social science-stuff / politics in them without explicitly looking for it. That, and books about spaceships...
„Wir sind im Krieg mit Russland.“ Diese gleichermaßen lakonische wie wuchtige Bewertung des Journalisten Jan-Philipp Hein lässt den Leser unwillkürlich zusammenzucken, klingt sie doch wie ein aus der Zeit gefallenes Zitat einer längst überwundenen Ost-West-Konfrontation. Zudem erscheint sie verstörend irreal, da die sich in den Vordergrund drängenden aktuellen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen wie islamistischer Terrorismus, anhaltend große (und vielfach unkontrollierte) Flüchtlingsströme und eng damit verknüpft ein Erstarken rechtsextremistischer Kräfte in den vergangenen Monaten die gesamte Aufmerksamkeit zu absorbieren schienen...
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been increasing recently. Although the narrative developed to describe the execution of a Saudi Shiite cleric, Nimr Al-Nimr, as a sectarian dimension of the Kingdom’s policies towards Iran, Saudi Arabia’s goals are not principally fuelling the Shiite-Sunni divide. The Saudi executions were partially an attempt by Saudi Arabia to severe ties with Iran and push the tensions forward. Lifting sanctions against Iran, coupled with oil prices plummeting to around $32 per barrel remains a frightening nightmare for the Saudis...
Der letzte Tag des Liveblogs vom Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft unter dem Oberthema „Vorsicht Sicherheit! Legitimationsprobleme der Ordnung von Freiheit“ bricht an. Das Programm wird heute kürzer sein. Auch am Vormittag gibt es Panels, am Nachmittag sowohl Panels als auch Arbeitskreise...
CfP: IB-Nachwuchstagung 2016
(2015)
Im April nächsten Jahres findet in Tutzing die IB-Nachwuchstagung unter dem Thema „Sicherheit, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft: Theorien und Problemfelder internationaler Politik“ statt. Bis zum 1. Oktober können hierfür noch Abstracts eingereicht werden, über die in einem anonymen Begutachtungsverfahren entschieden wird...
Using religious frameworks in political contestation and mobilisation processes has become more eminent in recent decades spiralling an intricate debate on the conceptualisation and implementation of such references in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region The contradiction, it is argued, mainly lies in the compromising nature of politics and the relatively dogmatic nature of religion. Accentuated by inaccurate media coverage and primordial analytical frameworks, it has become tempting to see religion as responsible for conflicts and underachievement in the MENA region...