The shore of North Africa and Europe, the Sahel faces major challenges - demography, migration, climate change - exposing young people to violent extremism. In this article, PREVEX-researcher Abdoul Wahab Cisse describes the multifaceted Sahel region. It is a...
The mystery of resource mobilization by jihadist rebels
Jihadists in the Sahel have opportunistically sought resources - kidnapping, smuggling - but it remains to be seen whether gold mining is a game-changer. In this article, the principal investigator in the PREVEX-project, Morten Bøås, delves into the realm...
The role of the EU in preventing, countering violent extremism in the Sahel
What is the role of the EU in the fields of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) in the Sahel? Abdoul Wahab Cissé (ARGA) presented the latest PREVEX ‘Policy Brief summarizing the EU and other stakeholders’ prevention strategy towards...
Policy briefs: EU and other stakeholder’s PVE strategies
Presented here are three policy briefs summarising the EU and other stakeholders’ prevention strategies towards violent extremism in the Balkans, North Africa and the Sahel, and the Middle East. What are the dominant external approaches and narratives behind the...
Training workshop on violent extremism in Mali
In October, 2020, the Alliance pour Refonder la Gouvernance (ARGA), a partner in the PREVEX-project, held a training workshop for parliamentary assistants on the prevention of violent extremism in Mali. Since 2012, the Malian state has been challenged...
Transnational Perspectives on COVID 19, Politics, the State, and Biopower
New webinar November, 27th, 2020 at 9.30 AM. A Political Science Web Symposium at Al Akhawayn University. The COVID 19 crisis gripped the world and provided a severe test to both states and the international system with a powerful impact...