21st January 2014, 630pm, Safra Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus.Please be prompt as seats are first come, first served. The Research Centre in International Relations in the Department of War Studies will host a panel discussion on revelations relating to mass electronic surveillance and its implications for civil liberties and rights. Speakers include Sir David Omand… Continue reading Mass Electronic Surveillance, Security and Rights in Liberal Democracies panel discussion at RCIR
Author: Pinar Bilgin Recent immigrants deaths on the coasts of Italy have, once again, brought Mediterranean as a source of in/security to European Union's agenda. As member states discuss what needs to be done to better 'secure' European borders against immigrants, the more complex questions about 'how' and 'why' immigrants travel from southern to northern… Continue reading Temporalising Difference, Spatialising Time, In/Securing the Mediterranean
Author: Leonie Ansems de Vries Migrants and refugees are in the spotlight across the globe. To give only a snapshot of recent news coverage: Millions of people are fleeing Syria; two overcrowded boats carrying refugees capsized near Lampedusa earlier this month; the Australian government sends asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea under a new ‘offshore… Continue reading The Politics of (In)visibility: Governance-Resistance of Refugees
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