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The International Spectator

The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026

Edited by Javier Bordón | Simon Mabon

Special issue: Spatialising Security, Securitising Space: Ways into the Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
Guest Editors: Javier Bordón and Simon Mabon
Open access: Spatialising Security, Securitising Space: Ways into the Politics of the Middle East and North Africa Read
Open access: The Banality of Normalisation: The Desecuritisation of Israel’s Aggrandisement in the Middle East Read
Open access: From Subjects to Agents: Spatialising Security and Reverse Securitisation in Sweida's Uprisings Read
Open access: Theorising from Beirut’s Southern Suburbs: Spatialised Capital and Habitus in ‘Nested Everyday Security Fields’ Read
Open access: Beyond Discards: Navigating Security and Space through Waste in Postwar Beirut Read
Open access: Security and Space: Salafism, Shi‘ism and the State in Morocco Read
Open access: Space, Security and Sovereign Power: The Case of Bahrain Read
Open access: ‘They Are All the Same’: Securitising the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Ordering Space and the Regional ‘Common Sense’ Read

The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026

Topic

Mediterranean and Middle East

Tag

Middle East
North Africa

Contents

Spatialising Security, Securitising Space: Ways into the Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

Javier Bordón
Simon Mabon
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 1-20

The Banality of Normalisation: The Desecuritisation of Israel’s Aggrandisement in the Middle East

Marina Calculli
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 21-42

From Subjects to Agents: Spatialising Security and Reverse Securitisation in Sweida's Uprisings

Rahaf Aldoughli
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 43-61

Spatial Entanglements of (In)Security and Violence: Exploring the Politics of Syria’s Urban Reconstruction under Asad

The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 62-80

Theorising from Beirut’s Southern Suburbs: Spatialised Capital and Habitus in ‘Nested Everyday Security Fields’

Dima Smaira
Jeroen Gunning
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 81-103

Beyond Discards: Navigating Security and Space through Waste in Postwar Beirut

Ana Kumarasamy
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 104-120

Security and Space: Salafism, Shi‘ism and the State in Morocco

Guy Robert Eyre
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 121-140

Space, Security and Sovereign Power: The Case of Bahrain

Simon Mabon
John Nagle
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 141-158

Reclaiming ‘Saudiness’: Space, Discourse and Securitisation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Betul Dogan-Akkas
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 159-176

‘They Are All the Same’: Securitising the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Ordering Space and the Regional ‘Common Sense’

Javier Bordón
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 177-198

Securitisation and De-securitisation in the Middle East and North Africa: Relational Spatialisiation within and beyond the Gulf

Ruth Hanau Santini
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 199-214

2011-21: The Decade That Transformed the Arab World

Silvia Colombo
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 215-217

The International Legal Subalternity of Palestine in the International Community

Daniela Huber
The International Spectator, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2026, p. 218-220