Photo by Meruyert Gonullu on Pexels. Experts had gloomy predictions about violent Islamist extremism and terrorism in Serbia. Sanjak – the southwestern region in Serbia populated by a Muslim majority – was dubbed a Jihadist hotbed as it was...
10th Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel
The 10th Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel took place in Casa África, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) on March 16-17, 2022. The meeting, entitled “Lessons learned from our partnership and proposals for the future...
Migrants are leaving, but hatred remains: The anti-migrant extreme right in Serbia
Photo: Esthr/CC BY-NC 2.0. Migrants in Serbia are facing a rising security threat from extreme far-right groups. Migrants were not the topic of extreme right-wingers during the migration-management crisis of 2015 and 2016, when about a million refugees passed...
Africa and the Russian Aggression against Ukraine – A Blog Series
In March 2022, Professor and PREVEX-researcher Ulf Engel (University of Leipzig) posted a blog series in which he analyse how African states have responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, African countries’ voting patterns in the UN General Assembly,...
Seminar: Rethinking Stabilisation
PREVEX-researcher and PI Morten Bøås will participate in a seminar on current dilemmas and challenges in regards to stabilisation initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark. The seminar will take place today, 29 March at 12.30-17.00 at...
PREVEX at the Fragility Forum 2022: Development and Peace in Uncertain Times
The Fragility Forum is a biennial event that brings together policymakers and practitioners from humanitarian, development, peace and security communities; public and private sector; academia; and civil society, exchanging innovative ideas and knowledge to improve development approaches in fragile,...