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Securitization and Desecuritization of Minority Rights

2017
Where minority rights are primarily framed as having strong implications for state security, they are securitized. When they are instead discussed in reference to other values (such as democracy or human rights), and when societal actors representing other than security interests dominate their contestation, they are desecuritized.
Mehmet Bardakci, Annette Freyberg-Inan, Christoph Giesel, Olaf Leisse   +3 more
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Desecuritization of Terrorism: Policy Options

2019
This chapter offers suggestions on sustainable strategies to address the Boko Haram menace. These extend beyond solutions to terrorism in Nigeria to suggest proactive measures to avoid political violence. While some level of political violence appears to be inevitable, it is important to mitigate its effects and address the root causes.
Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi, Sultan Khan, Adeoye O. Akinola   +2 more
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Desecuritization in Protracted Conflicts

2019
This chapter focuses exclusively on desecuritization in environments dominated by routinized securitization. It examines both the top-down attempts of mainstream actors, and more importantly the under-examined audience-driven efforts and limitations.
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The Negotiated Desecuritization Of Turkey in Saudi Foreign Policy

Middle East Policy, 2023
AbstractSaudi‐Turkey relations hit one of their lowest points due to the Arab uprisings and the regional shock of the Gulf crisis. The tension resulted from, and in turn exacerbated, a process of securitization of Saudi discourse, whereby officials labeled Turkey as a threat.
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Energy securitization and desecuritization in the New Middle East

Security Dialogue, 2013
Abstract This article uses the theoretical framework of securitization in order to analyse the concurrent developments of, on the one hand, the Arab Spring and the resulting ascendance of a New Middle East and North Africa and, on the other, the discovery of natural gas resources by a number of states in the region.
Odysseas Christou, Constantinos Adamides
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China and discourses of desecuritization: a reply to Vuori

Global Discourse, 2018
This is a reply to:Vuori, J. 2018. “Let’s just say we’d like to avoid any great power entanglements: desecuritization in post-Mao Chinese foreign policy towards major powers.” Global Discourse 8 (1...
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Securitization and Desecuritization of FARC in Colombia

2019
Securitization and Desecuritization of FARC in Colombia introduces a new dual framework for securitization, called “dual securitization,” which regards securitization as a whole process that ends after the desecuritization of the given issue.
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Reconfiguring Desecuritization: Contesting Expert Knowledge in the Securitization of Migration

Geopolitics, 2020
This article introduces desecuritization as the missing supplement of the conception of securitization as a dispersed social process.
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Desecuritizing Minority Rights: Against Determinism

Security Dialogue, 2006
Abstract The article discusses Paul Roe’s argument that minority rights are always problems of (societal) security. According to Roe, a Huysmanstype deconstructivist strategy, which can be used in desecuritization of migration, is not possible in minority situations, because maintenance of a collective identity is central for ...
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Desecuritizing the Water Issue in Singapore—Malaysia Relations

Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2001
********** A number of scholars have argued that water may be a determining factor sparking armed conflict between Singapore and Malaysia. They highlight Singapore's dependence on Malaysia for half of its water needs (a supply guaranteed by two compacts signed in 1961 and 1962), and speculate that if Malaysia prematurely abrogates the agreements, water-
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