http://hdl.handle.net/1814/1949 Sun, 09 Jul 2017 17:53:02 GMT 2017-07-09T17:53:02Z http://hdl.handle.net/1814/47105 Towards the European Union’s foreign policy 2025 : taking stock of the Dahrendorf Foresight Project SUS, Monika After a decade of economic and political crises, the European Union has arrived at a critical juncture, as has its foreign policy. The long-running debate on gaining more coherence in EU's external action as a global security provider has gained more traction than ever before. The Union is weakened due to recent internal crises from which it is only slowly recovering: the trust placed in Brussels’ institutions by both European citizens and global partners is shrinking and the citizens of one of the EU's largest member states, the United Kingdom, have just voted to leave. Based on an analysis of the current state of the Union, this paper takes stock of the outcomes of the Dahrendorf Foresight Project and looks ahead at the EU's role in the world of 2025. By following the narrative of driving forces beyond the EU's foreign policy, this article makes four policy recommendations for development within the next decade. First published online: 29 June 2017 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1814/47105 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1814/47084 Mass migration and uprisings in the Arab countries : an analytical framework FARGUES, Philippe Is there a relationship between political movements and population movements in the Arab world? More specifically, are the uprisings that spread throughout Arab countries starting at the end of 2010 linked in any way with the international migration of their citizens? This paper first reviews the common determinants of revolt and emigration and addresses the question of how the two phenomena are partly rooted in the deep demographic changes Arab populations are currently going through. The paper then reviews the migratory outcomes of revolt both in terms of voluntary and forced migration. It finally explores diasporas' impact on homeland politics, or—more precisely—the role played by national expatriates in the revolts unfolding in their homelands, in particular through political remittances. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1814/47084 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1814/46945 Introduction : human trafficking in domestic work in the EU : a special case or a learning ground for the anti-trafficking field? RICARD-GUAY, Alexandra; MAROUKIS, Thanos Domestic work is an example of how gaps in policies (labor, immigration, welfare), social values and norms, and the relational dimension interplay in situations of trafficking. This is the point of departure, the premise, of this Special Issue. Given the peculiar nature of domestic work—being performed in private households and being at the junction of labor market and family—looking at trafficking in this context can contribute to advancing further the understanding of THB. Domestic work presents multifaceted challenges that speak to and inform a better understanding of the various areas and forms of trafficking. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1814/46945 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1814/46767 Localized Islam(s) : interpreting agents, competing narratives, and experiences of faith ELBASANI, Arolda; TOŠIĆ, Jelena This special issue investigates contemporary transformations of Islam in the post-Communist Balkans. We put forward the concept of localized Islam as an analytical lens that aptly captures the input of various interpreting agents, competing narratives, and choices of faith. By adopting an agent-based approach that is sensitive to relevant actors’ choices and the contexts where they operate, we explore how various groups negotiate and ultimately localize the grand Islamic tradition, depending on where they are situated along the hierarchy of power. Specifically, we outline three sets of actors and narratives related to revival of Islamic faith: (1) political elites, mainstream intellectuals, and religious hierarchies often unite in safeguarding a nation-centric understanding of religion, (2) foreign networks and missionaries make use of open channels of communication to propagate their specific interpretations and agendas, and (3) lay believers tend to choose among different offers and rally around the living dimension of religious practice. Contributions in this issue bring ample evidence of multiple actors’ strategies, related perspectives, and contingent choices of being a Muslim. Case studies include political debates on mosque construction in Athens; political narratives that underpin the construction of the museum of the father of Ataturk in Western Macedonia; politicians’ and imams’ competing interpretations of the Syrian war in Kosovo, Macedonia, and Albania; the emergence of practice communities that perform Muslim identity in Bulgaria; the particular codes of sharia dating in post-war Sarajevo; and veneration of saints among Muslim Roma in different urban areas in the Balkans. First published online: 26 May 2017 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1814/46767 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z