Far-Right Terror, the Securitization of Refugees and Transnational Geopolitics in the EU

The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies at The American University in Cairo invites you to an engaging lecture on: Far-right terror, the securitization of refugees, and transnational geopolitics in the EU.

Following the September 11 attacks and the increasing focus on Islamist terrorism, far-right terrorism in Europe has largely been overlooked, while refugees are often portrayed as security threats. In this talk, using the securitization framework, Professor Christian Kaunert will examine the connection between the rise of the far right and the securitization of refugees and migrants. He will help us understand the hybrid tactics used by the far right, the societal conflicts they generate and the transnational tools and policies implemented within the EU to address these issues.

About the speaker
Professor Christian Kaunert is a professor of international security at Dublin City University in Ireland. He also serves as a professor of policing and security and is the director of the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales. Additionally, he holds the Jean Monnet Chair, is the director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and leads the Jean Monnet Network on EU Counterterrorism (www.eucter.net). Previously, he was the academic director and a professor at the Institute for European Studies at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He also served as a professor of international politics, head of the discipline in politics and director of the European Institute for Security and Justice, a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, at the University of Dundee. Kaunert is currently the editor of the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, International Conflict and Cooperation and the Edward Elgar book series European Security and Justice Critiques.

Professor Ibrahim Awad, director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, will lead this discussion.

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