“The ongoing rise of securitized discourses have completely changed the political landscape of European politics. Especially when dealing with the refugee crisis, the European Union and member...Show more“The ongoing rise of securitized discourses have completely changed the political landscape of European politics. Especially when dealing with the refugee crisis, the European Union and member states have taken a strong stance towards border management and operational security, mainly based on the state security model. This approach has been deemed controversial, especially in the case of the Central Mediterranean Corridor, due to the consequences it has had, and still currently has on the safety of those attempting to cross the sea. Moreover, in order to show the origin and further complications this approach has, the Central Mediterranean Corridor will be analyzed as case study, and the colonial past between Italy and Libya, main destination and transit countries of this corridor, will be investigated. The research carried out in this paper aims to question this approach and to show the fallouts it has on the security of humans. By analyzing stipulated policies and said fallouts, this research will show how the state security model is obsolete when dealing with the refugee crisis, and it will present an alternative framework for migratory policies, embodied in the human security model.”Show less
Measuring success of Peacekeeping operations is an ongoing methodological challenge. This study aims at making a contribution towards the creation of a unified method to evaluate missions by way...Show moreMeasuring success of Peacekeeping operations is an ongoing methodological challenge. This study aims at making a contribution towards the creation of a unified method to evaluate missions by way studying them through the lens of Human Security. The paper reviews the extent to which the three Peacekeeping operations deployed in the Middle East (UNTSO, UNDOF & UNIFIL) have in providing or facilitating Human Security and finds that while the missions have created successful inter-operation cooperation and have evolved from their first-generation mandates, the UN needs to make Peacekeeping more people-centered in order to ensure lasting peace, progress and prosperity. This research is both theoretically driven and policy-oriented and hopes to fill the gap in the literature of how can Peacekeeping be coupled with Human Security.Show less
