Las llamadas manāqib (sg. manqaba) son un género literario bastante extendido en los últimos siglos. Algunas de estas manāqib han sido publicadas en ediciones críticas, y su circulación entre los estudiosos suele referirse a la historia norteafricana o a ciertos aspectos de la religiosidad popular. Sin embargo, este tipo de obras ha recibido una at...
The EU launched Operation Sophia in March 2015, under the Common Security and Defence Policy, to help disrupt the business model of smuggling and human trafficking networks operating in Libya. In addition, the training of the Libyan Coast Guard and Navy was supported, and the arms embargo on Libya decided by the Security Council was implemented. In...
Las revueltas árabes provocaron inestabilidad en los países del Magreb, en Egipto, en Siria y en Irak, agravando la amenaza yihadista donde esta ya existía previamente y ampliando su ex- pansión a nuevos escenarios. El impacto de esta en cada país, así como en el vecindario europeo más inmediato, es el objeto de estudio de este capítulo / The Arab ...
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Libyan conflict, resulting in the overthrow of Muammar Gadafi, this article analyses the actions carried out by the international coalition and NATO in accordance wit United Nations Segurity Council Resolutions' 1970 (2011), 1973 (2011). This analysis is conducted from a Just Ward theory and Respons...
In December 2017, Libya registered a search and rescue zone (SAR zone) with the International Maritime Organization conceived, designed and financed by the European Union and its member states. Since then, the Libyan coastguard has almost exclusively coordinated all rescue operations on the Central Mediterranean migratory route, today one of the de...
The complex Russian-Turkish relationship, with deep historical roots, has traditionally affected the security situation in Europe. Both powers support opposing factions in three geostrategic theatres and maintain their differences with the European Union and European powers in the eastern Mediterranean. Even so, they have managed to develop a form ...
This article aims to take stock of the measures that the European Union has put in place to combat smugglers and human traffickers in Libya, at a time when one of the instruments that has played a leading role in this fight, Operation Sophia, has come to an end. The initial hypothesis is that these measures, or at least most of them, which have imp...
This paper analyses the implications for Spain of the Daesh branch in Libya. Around 133 Spanish jihadists who travelled to Syria or Iraq to join terrorist groups are still abroad. After the recent fall of Daesh in Syria, a certain number of Spaniards could be sent to Libya to give continuity to the Jihad. Moreover, Daesh in Libya has already conduc...
«On the southern flank of Europe, violent extremism for a supposed jihad continues its expansion, far from the media attention it deserves. In recent years, the overthrow of Gaddafi and the decline of Da'esh in the Middle East have been decisive in turning the North of Africa and the Sahelian region into sanctuaries of extremist groups which are dy...
Operation Sophia of the EU, which was established in 2015 to fight against the migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons business in the Mediterranean, is in a state of paralysis, as it has been decided to withdraw the ships from the sea. Thus, it has only the task of training the Libyan coastguard forces so that they are the ones who persecute ...
