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Securing Europe takes a novel approach to Europeanization among EU member states by employing a sociological institutionalist approach. Watanabe argues that Europeanization as a process of change takes place not as a result of rationally calculating states, but as a result of the reworking of perceptual and normative frameworks

Securing Europe takes a novel approach to Europeanization among EU member states by employing a sociological institutionalist approach. Watanabe argues that Europeanization as a process of change takes place not as a result of rationally calculating states, but because of the reworking of perceptual and normative frameworks. In this book, Lisa Watanabe attempts to contribute to a better understanding of the integration process in the European security field. She explores which actors play an important role in transforming policy spheres that are central to state sovereignty, in an effort to discern the manner in which their institutional embeddedness has contributed to altering the politics of security within the EU. She then examines the impact that developments in the security realm have on the EU-US security relationship.

Attention has understandably been focused on jihadi actors in Libya and Tunisia. However, this CSS study contends that other Islamic actors also deserve greater scrutiny given the role they could play in shaping these countries' future. To help address this gap, the text's author explores 1) the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya and Ennahda in Tunisia, groups who have gone the furthest in accepting democratic norms and principles; 2) more conservative Salafi actors, such as former jihadis; 3) quietist Salafis, who generally eschew political engagement and reject armed resistance against Sunni Muslim regimes, and more.

Seit kurzem ist die Prävention von gewalttätigem Extremismus (Preventing Violent Extremism, PVE) eine Priorität der Schweizer Aussenpolitik. In den letzten Jahren hat sich in Libyen, Marokko und Tunesien dschihadistischer Salafismus rasant ausgebreitet. Der Schwerpunkt der tunesischen Terrorismusbekämpfung liegt klar auf repressiven Massnahmen. Die Schweizer Aussenpolitik will hingegen die Ursachen von dschihadistischer Radikalisierung angehen. Künftige Projekte mit PVE-Fokus könnten die politische Marginalisierung von Jugendlichen ins Blickfeld nehmen und auch Frauen stärker einbinden. ; ISSN:1024-0608

Frankreichs Streitkräfte stehen gut da: Seit dem 23. Februar 2015 ist der Flugzeugträger "Charles-de-Gaulle" am Kampf gegen die Terrorgruppe Islamischer Staat (IS) beteiligt. Diesen hat Paris im September 2014 mit der Operation "Chammal" (kräftiger Nordwestwind, der im Irak häufig Sandstürme auslöst) begonnen. (Europäische Sicherheit & Technik / SWP)