China has developed a more consequential role in Sudan over the past two decades, during which it has become bound up in the combination of enduring violent internal instability and protracted external adversity that has characterized the politics of the central state since the 1989 Islamist revolution. Two inter-related political trajectories of China’s Sudan engagement are examined here. The ...

This article analyzes the politics of preaching in Turkey in the last decade by focusing on the appointment of women as preachers and vice-muftis by the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), a state institution established for the protection of secular foundations through religious service. It asks what happens when women wearing headscarves become civil servants and give religious...

This paper is the first in a series of papers that aim to address Islamist violent radicalization from different angles: nature context Spain; comparison between European, North American, and Indian radicalization; need refine territorial indexes within preventing relation other forms Europe. articles builds upon general theoretical framework established by author two previous works. These work...

This article explores civilian agency and civil resistance under Islamist insurgents’ rule in southern Somalia the period 2006 to 2012. After almost two decades of war, local institutions were weakened communities could not resist tight control. The traditional authorities either fled or chose cooperate with new rulers. However, while treading a fine line, still able raise community concerns in...