The Möbius strip of national and world security
The apparently boundless scope of mass surveillance revealed by Snowden beggared the imagination. Not only in terms…
Incitement to terrorism and the regulation of free speech
Current negotiations on an European Union (EU) Directive defining terrorism intends to accord a large role to…
Rollback or Legalisation? Mass Surveillance in France and the Snowden Paradox
On June the 5th, it will be exactly three years since Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote…
Prevention, repression and radicalisation in France: an interview with Laurent Mucchielli
Laurent Mucchielli is a sociologist and senior researcher at the CNRS (National Scientific Research Centre, Paris), attached…
Denaturalisation, ‘Terrorism’ and National Identity in France
Hannah Arendt once stated that we might “measure the degree of totalitarian infection by the extent to…
Brussels attacks and the Law of unintended consequences
On March 22, 2016 Brussels has been targeted and no less than 32 persons died in coordinated…
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