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O artigo analisa o envolvimento português nos esforços internacionais para gerir a situação no Afeganistão, no pós-11 de setembro de 2001, através das suas Forças Nacionais Destacadas, salientando a forma como esta experiência contribuiu para a afirmação e o reconhecimento de Portugal como parceiro credível, solidário e conciliador, e importante aliado nos processos de promoção da paz e produção de segurança internacional. O artigo analisa a participação portuguesa no contexto da International Security Assistance Force, entre 2001 e 2014, e na Resolute Support Mission, entre 2015 e 2021, sem esquecer o processo de retirada das forças internacionais do Afeganistão, com particular enfoque no caso português.

This essay provides a critical reading of Ukraine-Russia relations focusing on instances of hegemony and resistance. To do so, it starts by contextualizing major tensions under pinning relations between Kiev and Moscow. It then proceeds with an interpretation of the war as an extreme measure by the Kremlin in its pursuit of regional hegemony and global relevance. The essay concludes with remarks on the current situation and on possible consequences of the war in Ukraine. Such critical account aims at contributing to an in-depth understanding of how we got here and of where we are heading to in terms of regional power and security dynamics.

This paper critically interprets the international dimension of the Ukrainian crisis to reflect upon dynamics of power and security in the broader European space. It argues this crisis to be simultaneously the result and the intensifier of the collision of antagonist and mutually exclusive foreign policies towards the contested neighbourhood by the EU and Russia. For that purpose, it provides an overview of EU and Russian policies towards this region, followed by the discussion of the Ukrainian crisis in the midst of what can be considered to be a battle of giants for regional power and security.

This paper critically interprets the international dimension of the Ukrainian crisis to reflect upon dynamics of power and security in the broader European space. It argues this crisis to be simultaneously the result and the intensifier of the collision of antagonist and mutually exclusive foreign policies towards the contested neighbourhood by the EU and Russia. For that purpose, it provides an overview of EU and Russian policies towards this region, followed by the discussion of the Ukrainian crisis in the midst of what can be considered to be a battle of giants for regional power and security. ; This paper critically interprets the international dimension of the Ukrainian crisis to reflect upon dynamics of power and security in the broader European space. It argues this crisis to be simultaneously the result and the intensifier of the collision of antagonist and mutually exclusive foreign policies towards the contested neighbourhood by the EU and Russia. For that purpose, it provides an overview of EU and Russian policies towards this region, followed by the discussion of the Ukrainian crisis in the midst of what can be considered to be a battle of giants for regional power and security.

The goal of this article is to shed light on how securitization processes at the European Union (EU)'s southern borders – the Mediterranean – are feeding various insecurities both inside and outside the EU. We follow a sociological approach to securitization which revisits the work by Thierry Balzacq. By adding to the conceptualization of securitization processes as speech acts and the outcome of security practices, this approach contributes to understanding how specific responses to perceived security threats result from contextual dynamics and power relations between significant actors in the security field. The article lies at the convergence of the fields of Anthropology and International Relations adding to efforts to promote a critical reflection about processes of (in)securitization and emancipatory possibilities for social change. The article concludes that the insecurity narratives feeding border dynamics end up in a spiral of insecurity perceptions with implications for borders' management. The need to desecuritize policies and practices becomes, thus, part of the way to rethink possibilities for addressing the structural causes of violence and mass dislocation of people at the southern borders of the EU.

Introduction 1. - Identities and Images of Competition in the Overlapping Neighbourhoods: How EU and Russian Foreign Policies Interact 13. - Russian Foreign Policy and the Shaping of a 'Greater Europe' 35. - Turkey's Policies in Its Overlapping Neighbourhood with Russia and the European Union 53. - EU-Russia Relations and Norm Diffusion: The Role of Non-state Actors 75. - The Securitisation of the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood: What Role for Russia? 97. - Out of Will or Out of Necessity? Turkey and the Middle East 119. - The Impact of the Arab Spring on Central Asia: Regional and Macro-regional Implications 145 . - Dichotomy of Energy Policies in the Caspian: Where Two Strive Another Benefits? 170. - Azerbaijan's Rites of Passage: Liminality, Centering and the Temptation of Strategic Autonomy 190. - Conclusion 211