Bibliography by PREVEX members

Dlawer Ala’Aladeen

  • Wirya, K., Ala’Aldeen D., and Palani, K. (2017) ‘Perceptions of EU Crisis Response in Iraq.’ Middle East Research Institute (MERI) report.
  • Ala’Aldeen, D, Wirya, K. and Morris, S. (2015) ‘The Future of Kirkuk: A Roadmap for Resolving the Status of the Province.’ Middle East Research Institute (MERI) report.
  • Ala’Aldeen, D. (2014) ‘Countering Terrorism Through Nation-Building.’ Fikra Forum at the Washington Institute.

Edina Bećirević

  • Bećirević, E., Halilovic, M. and Azinovic, V. (2017) Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Western Balkans. Literature Review. British Council. 
  • Bećirević, E. (2017) ‘So Where Do We Go From Here? A View from Bosnia and Herzegovina.’ In S. Totten (ed.) Last Lectures on the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide. Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Routledge. 316pp.
  • Bećirević, E. (2016) ‘Islamic Radicalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.’ In F. Ejdus and P. Jureković (eds.) Violent Extremism in the Western Balkans. Workshop of the PfP Consortium Study Group, ‘Regional Stability in South East Europe.’ Vienna. pp. 87-95.
  • Bećirević, E. (2016) Salafism vs. Moderate Islam: A Rhetorical Fight for the Hearts and Minds of Bosnian Muslims. Sarajevo: Atlantic Initiative. 
  • Bećirević, E. (2014) Genocide on the Drina River. New Haven: Yale University Press. 264pp.
  • Bećirević, E. (2003) The International Criminal Court: Between Ideals and Reality. Sarajevo: The International Center for Peace and Arka Press. 

Gilad Ben-Nun

  • Ben-Nun, G. (2020) The Fourth Geneva Convention for Civilians. The History of International Humanitarian Law. London: I.B. Tauris. 288pp.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2019) ‘Treaty after trauma: protection for all in the Fourth Geneva Convention.’ In A. Ciampi History and International Law. An Intertwined Relationship. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. pp. 103-134.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2019) ‘Antidotes to Extremism. Africa’s Refugee Hospitality Paradigm.’ In F. Onditi, G. Ben-Nun, C. D’Alessandro, Z. Levey (eds.) Contemporary Africa and the Foreseeable World Order. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 113-132.
  • Ben-Nun, G., Onditi, F., D’Alessandro, C., Levey, Z. (eds.) (2019) Contemporary Africa and the Foreseeable World Order. Rowman & Littlefield. 456pp.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2019) ‘Victor’s Justice? Cultural Transfer and Public Imagery from Nuremberg to the Hague.’ Pólemos 13(1): 7-24.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2018) ‘Refugees and Human Displacement.’ In M. Middell (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Transregional Studies. Routledge. pp. 384-391.
  • Ben-Nun, G. and Caestecker, F. (2017) ‘Modern Refugees as Challengers of Nation-State Sovereignty: From the Historical to the Contemporary.’ Comparativ 27(1): 7-17.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2017) ‘Non-Refoulement as a Qualifier of Nation-State Sovereignty: The Case of Mass Population Flows.’ Comparativ 27(1): 60-76.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2017) ‘The Expansion of International Space: UNHCR’s Establishment of its Executive Committee (“ExCom”).’ Refugee Survey Quarterly 36(3): 1-19.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2016) Seeking Asylum in Israel: Refugees and the History of Migration Law. London:Bloomsbury Publishing/I.B. Tauris. 320pp.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2015) ‘From Ad Hoc to Universal: The International Refugee Regime from Fragmentation to Unity 1922–1954.’ Refugee Survey Quarterly 34(2): 23-44.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2015) ‘The British–Jewish Roots of Non-Refoulement and Its True Meaning for the Drafters of the 1951 Refugee Convention.’ Journal of Refugee Studies 28(1): 93-117.
  • Ben-Nun, G. (2014) ‘The Israeli Roots of Article 3 and Article 6 of the 1951 Refugee Convention.’ Journal of Refugee Studies 27(1): 101-125.
  • Adel A., Ben-Nun, G., El Shahed, G., Taha, R. & Tulliu, S. (2005) Peace in the Middle East: P2P and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Geneva: UNIDIR. UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) publication advisory.

Federica Bicchi

  • Bicchi, F. (2014) ‘Information exchanges, diplomatic networks and the construction of European knowledge in European Union foreign policy.’ Cooperation and Conflict 49(2): 239-259. 
  • Bicchi, F. (2007) European Foreign Policy Making Towards the Mediterranean. New York: Palgrave. 252pp.
  • Bicchi, F. (2006) ‘Our size fits all: normative power Europe and the Mediterranean.’ Journal of European Public Policy 13(2): 286-303.

Steven Blockmans

  • Blockmans, S. and Faleg, G. (2015) ‘More Union in European Defence.’ Report of the CEPS Task Force on European Security and Defence. Brussels: CEPS. 34pp.
  • Carrera, S., Blockmans, S., Gros, D. and Guild, E. (2015) ‘The EU’s Response to the Refugee Crisis: Taking Stock and Setting Policy Priorities.’ CEPS Essay No. 20. Brussels: CEPS. 24pp.
  • Blockmans, S. (2014) ‘L’Union fait la force: making the most of the Solidarity Clause.’ In I. Govaere and S. Poli (eds.), EU Management of Global Emergencies: Legal Framework for Combating Threats and Crises. Dordrecht: Brill Publishers. pp. 111-135.
  • Blockmans, S. (2014) ‘War Crimes and Shifting Borders in the Middle East.’ CEPS Essay No. 14. Brussels: CEPS. 7pp.

Morten Bøås

  • Bøås, M, Osland, K. and Erstad, H.U. (2019) ‘Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region. Global Threat or Regional Menace?’ NUPI working paper 884. Oslo: NUPI.
  • Bøås, M. and Rupesinghe, N. (2019) ‘Local Drivers of Violent Extremism in Central Mali.’ Policy Brief. New York: UNDP.
  • Bøås, M. and Dunn, K.C. (2017) Africa’s Insurgents: Navigating an Evolving Landscape. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 285pp.

Matthew Carey

  • Carey, M. and Halkes, A. (2019) ‘What is the plural of Apocalypse? An essay on the ends of time.’ [‘L’apocalypse au pluriel.’] Terrain 71: 6-25.

Sergio Carrera

  • Carrera, S. and Mitsilegas, V. (eds.) (2017) ‘Constitutionalising the Security Union: effectiveness, rule of law and rights in countering terrorism and crime.’ Research Paper. Brussels: CEPS.
  • Carrera, S., Blockmans, S., Gros, D. and Guild, E. (2015) ‘The EU’s Response to the Refugee Crisis: Taking Stock and Setting Policy Priorities.’ CEPS Essay No. 20. Brussels: CEPS.

Loes Debuysere

  • Debuysere, L. and Blockmans, S. (2019) Europe’s Coherence Gap in External Crisis and Conflict Management. The EU’s Integrated Approach between Political Rhetoric and Institutional Practice. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.). 54 pp.
  • Debuysere, L. and Blockmans, S. (2019) ‘Crisis Responders: Comparing Policy Approaches of the EU, the UN, NATO and OSCE with Experiences in the Field.’ European Foreign Affairs Review 24(3): 243-264.
  • Debuysere, L. (2018) What Egypt’s El-Sisi and the EU have in common when it comes to women’s rights. Policy Contribution. Brussels: CEPS.

Alain Dieckhoff

  • Dieckhoff, A. (2016) Nationalism and the Multination State. London: Hurst Publishers. 224 p.
  • Dieckhoff, A. (2012) ‘Multinational Democratic States: A Reassessment.’ In C. Dijkema (ed.) Rethinking the Foundations of the State, an Analysis of Post-Crisis Situations. Bruxelles: Bruylant. pp. 37-48.

Ulf Engel

  • Engel, U. et al. (eds.) (2016) The New Politics of Regionalism. Perspectives from Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. London and New York: Routledge. 234pp.
  • Engel, U. and Porto, J. G. (eds.) (2013) Towards an African Peace and Security Regime. Continental Embeddedness, Transnational Linkages, Strategic Relevance. Farnham and Burlington VT: Ashgate. 276pp.

Henriette Ullavik Erstad

  • Bøås, M, Osland, K. and Erstad, H.U. (2019) ‘Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region. Global Threat or Regional Menace?’ NUPI working paper 884. Oslo: NUPI.
  • Bøås, M. and Erstad, H.U (2020) ‘Can Aid Solve the Root Causes of Migration? A Framework for Future Research on the Development-Migration Nexus.’ Polish Institute of International Affairs. Policy paper. 10pp

Simeon Evstatiev 

  • Evstatiev, S. (2019) ‘Milletic Secularism in the Balkans: Christianity, Islam, and Identity in Bulgaria.’ Nationalities Papers 41(1): 87-103.
  • Evstatiev, S. (2018) Salafism in the Middle East and the Boundaries of Faith. Sofia: Iztok-Zapad Publishing House. 644pp.
  • Evstatiev, S. and Makariev P. (2015) ‘Christianity, Islam, and Human Rights in Bulgaria.’ In G. Ziebertz & G. Črpić (eds.) Religion and Human Rights: An International Perspective. Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 1-17.

Georges Fahmi

  • Fahmi, G. (2018) ‘The debate over the use of violence within the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after 2013.’ EUI RSCAS PP, 2018/01. Middle East Directions (MED).
  • Fahmi, G. and Meddeb, H. (2015) ‘Market for Jihad: Radicalization in Tunisia.’ Carnegie Middle East Centre paper. 30pp.
  • Fahmi, G. (2014) ‘The Egyptian State and the Religious Sphere.’ Carnegie Middle East Centre article.

Tine Gade

  • Gade, T. and Bøås, M. (2018) ‘Pathways to Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Islamist Groups in Lebanon and Mali.’ In I. Salamey, M. Abu-Nimer and E. Abouaoun (eds.) Post-Conflict Power-Sharing Agreements: Options for Syria. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 101-124.
  • Gade, T. (2017) ‘Limiting violent spillover in civil wars: the paradox of Lebanese Sunni Jihadism, 2011-17.’ Contemporary Arab Affairs 10(2): 187-206.

Stéphane Lacroix

  • Lacroix, S. (2015) ‘The Rise of Revolutionary Salafism in Post-Mubarak Egypt.’ In B. Rougier and S. Lacroix (eds.) Egypt’s Revolutions, Politics, Religion, and Social Movements. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 163-178.
  • Lacroix, S. (2011) Awakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 384pp.

Djallil Lounnas

  • Lounnas, D. [forthcoming] Le Djihadism en Afrique du Nord et au Sahel D’AQMI à l’EI [Jihadism in North Africa/Sahel: From AQIM to ISIS.] Paris: Les Presses de la Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique/L’Harmattan.
  • Lounnas, D. (2015) ‘L’évolution de l’environnement stratégique de l’Algerie Post Printemps Arabe.’ Maghreb-Machrek 221(3): 47-64.
  • Lounnas, D. (2014) ‘Confronting Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the Sahel: Algeria and the Malian crisis.’ Journal of North African Studies 19:(5): 210-227.
  • Lounnas, D. (2012) ‘Al-Qaida au Maghreb Islamique et la crise malienne.’ Sécurité Globale 20(2): 43-58.

Alice Martini

  • Martini, A. (2019) ‘The Syrian wars of words: international and local instrumentalisations of the war on terror.’ Third World Quarterly 41(4): 725-743.
  • Martini, A. (2018) ‘Making women terrorists into ‘Jihadi brides’: an analysis of media narratives on women joining ISIS.’ Critical Studies on Terrorism 11(3): 458-477.
  • Martini, A. (2016) ‘The construction of the discourse on ‘terrorism’.’ Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science 30(6): 92-105.

Steffi Marung

  • Marung, S. and Middell, M. (eds.) (2019) Spatial Formats under the Global Condition (Dialectics of the Global series). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. 399pp.
  • Marung, S. and Naumann, K. (eds.) (2014) Vergessene Vielfalt. Territorialität und Internationalisierung in Ostmitteleuropa seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. [Forgotten Plurality. Territoriality and Internationalisation in East-Central Europe since the Middle of the 19th Century.] Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 260pp.

Nadia Marzouki

  • Marzouki, N. (2017) Islam: An American Religion. New York: Columbia University Press. 288pp.
  • Marzouki, N. and Meddeb, H. (2017) ‘The Struggle for Meanings and Power in Tunisia after the Revolution.’ Middle East Law and Governance 8(2-3): 119-130. 
  • Marzouki, N., McDonnell, D. and Roy, O. (eds.) (2016) Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion. London: Hurst/Oxford University Press. 288pp.

Nizar Messari

  • Messari, N. (2012) ‘A propos de la compléxité des révoltes dans les pays Arabes.’ Cultures & Conflits 85/86: 63-88.
  • Messari, N. and Van der Klaauw, J. (2010) ‘Counter-Terrorism Measures and Refugee Protection in North Africa.’ Refugee Survey Quarterly 29(4): 83-103.

Diana Mishkova

  • Mishkova, D. (2018) Beyond Balkanism. The Scholarly Politics of Region Making. New York: Routledge. 282pp.
  • Mishkova, D. and Trencsényi B. (eds.) (2017) European Regions and Boundaries: A Conceptual History. London: Berghahn Books. 410pp.
  • Mishkova, D. et al. (eds.) (2014) Anti-Modernism – Radical Revisions of Collective Identity. Budapest-New York: CEU Press. 453pp.
  • Mishkova, D. (ed.) (2009) We, the People. Politics of National Peculiarity in Southeastern Europe. Budapest-New York: CEU Press. 392pp.

Kari M. Osland

  • Bøås, M, Osland, K. and Erstad, H.U. (2019) ‘Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region. Global Threat or Regional Menace?’ NUPI working paper 884. Oslo: NUPI.
  • Osland, K. and Peter, M. (2019) ‘The double proximity paradox in peacebuilding: implementation and perception of the EU rule of law mission in Kosovo.’ European Security 28(4): 439-512.
  • Osland, K. (2014) ‘Much Ado About Nothing? The impact of international assistance to police reform in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and South Sudan. A Comparative Case Study and Developing a Model for Evaluating Democratic Policing.’ Oslo: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo/Akademika Publishing. 420pp.

Predrag Petrović

  • Petrović, P., and Stakić, I. (2018) ‘Western Balkans Extremism Research Forum – Serbia Report.’ Belgrade: British Council.
  • Petrović, P. and Qehaja F. (2017) ‘Violent Extremism: Beyond Foreign Fighters and Behind Numbers.’ In S. Kajnč Lange, Z. Nechev, and F. Trauner (eds.) Resilience in the Western Balkans. Brussels: EUISS. pp. 93-99.
  • Petrović, P. (2016) ‘Islamic radicalism in the Balkans’. Alert – No 24 – 10 June 2016. Brussels: European Union Institute for Security Studies.

Luca Raineri

  • Strazzari, F. and Raineri, L. (2015) ‘State, Secession and Jihad: The Micro-political Economy of Conflict in North Mali.’ African Security 8(4): 249-271.
  • Raineri, L. (2018) ‘If victims become perpetrators. Factors contributing to vulnerability and resilience to violent extremism in the central Sahel.’ Policy Report, International Alert. 56pp.
  • Mattheis, F., Raineri., L. and Russo, A. (2018) Fringe Regionalism: When Peripheries Become Regions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 97pp.

Pernille Rieker

  • Rieker, P. and Blockmans, S. (2019) ‘Plugging the capability-expectations gap: Towards effective, comprehensive and conflict-sensitive EU crisis response?’ European Security 28(1): 1-21.
  • Rieker, P. (ed.) (2016) External Governance as Security Community Building: The Limits and Potential of the European Neighbourhood Policy. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 232pp.

Olivier Roy

  • Roy, O. (2017) Jihad and Death. London: Hurst/Oxford University Press. 136pp.
  • Roy, O. (2010) Holy Ignorance. New York: Columbia University Press/London: Hurst. 288pp.
  • Roy, O. (2004) Globalized Islam. New York: Columbia University Press. 322pp.

Alessandra Russo

  • Strazzari, F. and Russo, A. (2019) ‘The Politics of Safe Research in Ungoverned Spaces.’ In B. Bliesemann de Guevara and M. Bøås (eds.) Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention. Bristol University Press. 288pp. 
  • Mattheis, F., Raineri., L. and Russo, A. (2018) Fringe Regionalism: When Peripheries Become Regions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 97pp.

Kjetil Selvik

  • Høigilt, J., and Selvik, K. (2020) ‘Debating terrorism in a political transition: Journalism and democracy in Tunisia.’ International Communication Gazette. Sage Journals. 18pp.
  • Selvik, K. (2018) ‘Autocratic legitimation in Iran: Ali Khamenei’s discourse on regime insiders and outsiders.’ Democratization 25(7): 1114-1131.

Francesco Strazzari

  • Strazzari, F. and Russo, A. (2019) ‘The Politics of Safe Research in Ungoverned Spaces.’ In B. Bliesemann de Guevara and M. Bøås (eds.) Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention. Bristol University Press. 288pp. 
  • Strazzari, F. and Raineri, L. (2015) ‘State, Secession and Jihad: The Micro-political Economy of Conflict in North Mali.’ African Security 8(4): 249-271.
  • Strazzari, F. and Tholens, S. (2014) ’Tesco for Terrorists’ Reconsidered: Arms and Conflict Dynamics in Libya and in the Sahara-Sahel Region.’ European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 20(3): 343-360.

Stefan Troebst

  • Troebst, S. (2017) ‘European History.’ In D. Mishkova and B. Trencsényi (eds.) European Regions and Boundaries: A Conceptual History. London: Berghahn Books. pp. 235-257.
  • Troebst, S. (2015) West-östliche Europastudien. Rechtskultur, Kulturgeschichte Geschichtspolitik [West-Eastern European Studies. Legal Culture, Cultural History, Politics of History.] Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag. 318pp.

Henrik Vigh

  • Vigh, H. (2018) ‘Lives opposed: perceptivity and tacticality in conflict and crime.’ Social Anthropology – Anthropologie Sociale 26 (4): 487-501.
  • Jensen, S. & H. Vigh (eds.) (2018) Sporadically Radical: Ethnographies of Organised Violence and Militant Mobilization. Critical Anthropology Series. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. 290pp.
  • Vigh, H. (2017) ‘Caring through Crime: ethical ambivalence and the cocaine trade in Bissau.’ International African Institute 87(3): 479-495.
  • Vigh, H. (2015) ‘Militantly Well.’ HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 5(3): 93-110.
  • Vigh, H. (2006) Navigating Terrains of War: Youth and Soldiering in Guinea-Bissau. Oxford: Berghahn Books. 268pp.

Gjergji Vurmo

  • Vurmo G. and Sulstarova E. (2018) ‘Violent extremism in Albania.’ Tirana: IDM.
  • Vurmo, G. (2018) ‘Transforming Albania’s C/PVE efforts into community resilience and development matrix.’ Policy Brief. Western Balkans Extremism Research Forum.
  • Vurmo G. and Sulstarova E. (2018) ‘Religious Tolerance in Albania.’ Tirana: IDM.
  • Vurmo G. and Lamallari B. (2015) ‘Religious radicalism and violent extremism in Albania.’ Tirana: IDM.