Society Must Be Defended, or, the Archaeology of the Exception
Andrew Neal spoke about different theoretical approaches to the problem of ‘exceptionalism', which is the problem of exceptional practices legitimated by exceptional events/situations. As such, he...
View ArticleMirror Mirror on the Wall, which is the most Fashionable Insecurity of All?
Jef Huysmansfocused his intervention on the Politics of Insecurity, aiming at describing certain crystallizations of the insecurity discourse. Huysmans stressed how the duet diplomacy-military has...
View ArticleImmigration as an Excuse for much more Security: The Case of Spain
Roberto Bergalli started his speech describing howSpain discovered only in recent times the real need for tackling the issue of migration. The first Spanish law dealing with the field of immigration...
View ArticleJustice and Home Affairs the Constitutional Treaty
Nikos Raptisdealt with the Justice and Home Affairs possible scenarios in the light of the changes brought by the Constitutional Treaty. He thus stressed the importance of the single operational and...
View ArticleCFSP after the Constitutional Treaty: the Stakes for the Future
Udo Diedrichsand Funda Tekin addressed the question of a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Constitutional Treaty in the light of the recent events of its rejection by the considerable...
View ArticleCHALLENGE and the Observatory
Didier Bigo explained in detail the structure of the OBSERVATORY, which includes two sections: a series of National and European Meetings and Conferences; the CHALLENGE website www.libertysecurity.org....
View ArticleWhat about the Neighbours? The Impact of Schengen along the EU's External...
Joanna Apap and Angelina Tchorbadjiyska assessed the impact of Schengen along the EU's external borders. In the first part of the presentation, Apap started by raising two questions: to what extent can...
View ArticleWhat does Free Movement mean in Theory and Practice in an Enlarged EU?
Sergio Carrera's intervention dealt with the Hague Programme on JHA and the extent to which the transitional arrangement providing restrictions to the free movement of workers are pertinent in an...
View ArticleDefining Security in the Wider Europe Policy - A Critical Assessment
Esther Barbé's speech started tracing the evolution and inception of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). She first highlighted that these elements have to be understood not only as a consequence...
View ArticleOpening Remarks: Presentation of the CHALLENGE Research Project and the...
Elspeth Guild, Thierry Balzacq and Sergio Carrera opened the conference by welcoming all the speakers and the participants. They focused their opening remarks on the importance of the CHALLENGE...
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