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23.05.2022Jannis Saalfeld How rejectionist Islamism turned into a key security threat in Africa

In the 1990s, political liberalisation opened up space for Islamist activism across Africa. While some Islamist actors openly embraced the electoral process, others advocated a rejectionist stance, negating the legitimacy of the nation-state. Driven by the rise of global jihadism and state repression, this rejectionist branch of Islamism turned increasingly militant.

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21.03.2022Cornelia Ulbert „Male states“: What hypermasculinity has to do with the war in Ukraine

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, there has been much talk of a “turning point”, of the failure of diplomacy and the end of trusting relations with Russia. If we want to draw lessons from the current situation for a different, more peaceful future, then it is essential to look at how it could happen, that the Ukraine and “the West” is held in such low esteem, not only by President Putin but also by many inside and outside Russia. The answer is to be found in the instrumentalization of gender stereotypes.

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18.03.2022Cornelia Ulbert „Männliche Staaten“: Was Hypermaskulinität mit dem Ukraine-Krieg zu tun hat

Seit Ausbruch des Ukraine-Kriegs ist viel von „Zeitenwende“ die Rede, vom Versagen der Diplomatie und dem Ende vertrauensvoller Beziehungen zu Russland. Wenn wir aus der jetzigen Situation Lehren für eine andere, friedlichere Zukunft ziehen wollen, dann ist auch ein Blick darauf notwendig, wie es so weit kommen konnte, dass die Ukraine und „der Westen“ nicht nur vom russischen Präsidenten Putin so geringgeschätzt werden, sondern diese Sichtweise auch von vielen innerhalb und außerhalb Russlands geteilt wird. Eine Antwort liegt in der Instrumentalisierung von Geschlechterstereotypen.

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