Provisionally Accepted Open Panels in RC44 Security, Conflict and Democratization
- Beyond Westphalia: New Approaches to Sovereignty, Nationalism and Conflict
Chair: Mr. James Scott - Borderlands and Uncertain Governance: Authority, Identity and Security in a Changing Global System
Chair: Dr. Rana Abo Amra - Civil-Military Relations and the Changing Security Order in the Indo-Pacific
Chair: Dr. Zahid Shahab Ahmed - Contested Legitimacies—Religion, Identity, and Authority in Uncertain Democracies
Chair: Prof. Shaimaa Moheyeldin - Contesting Authority: Non-State Actors, Hybrid Threats, and the Transformation of Political Order
Chair: Prof. Shaimaa Moheyeldin - Declining violence? A new(?) era of interstate warfare
Chair: Prof. Susanne Martin - Democracy and Development in the Global South: Rethinking the Relationship
Chair: Dr. Mohamed El Bouchikhi - Democracy Under Demographic Pressure: Aging, Population Decline and the Future of Democratic Governance
Chair: Dr. Rana Abo Amra - Democracy Under Siege: Resilience, Backsliding, and Governance in a Multipolar World
Chair: Prof. Shaimaa Moheyeldin - Democracy, Artificial Intelligence, and Economic Transformation
Chair: Prof. Jaouad Ennouhi - Emerging Security Threats and the Future of Democratic Governance in the Global South
Chair: Mr. Avinash Kumar Singh - Globalization, Migration and Democratic Belonging in an Age of Uncertainty
Chair: Dr. Alta Grobbelaar - Governing the Legacies of Political Violence: Memory, Security, and Political Agency in Latin America
Chair: Dr. Anita Ferrara - Human Security as a Framework for Renewed Multilateralism
Chair: Prof. Mohd Aminul Karim - International Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Chair: Dr. Sergio Aguilar - Maritime Security x Blue Economy Nexus and Tensions
Chair: Dr. Yasmin Calmet - Nation-Building Processes in the Republics of the South Caucasus
- Networks of Rebellion: Authority, Violence, and Political Order in Civil War
Chair: Mr. Zachariah Parcels - Political Actors, Political Violence, and Leadership Change
Chair: Prof. Robert Ostergard - Political Extremism and Security: Rethinking a Bidirectional Relationship
Chair: Dr. Ionut Daniel Moldovan - Political Leadership and Democratic Resilience in an Age of Uncertainty
- Political Parties and the War in Ukraine: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
Chair: Dr. Mara Morini - Politics and Policing in Contemporary Democracies: Power, Legitimacy, and Governance in Transition
Chair: Dr. Sunil Gupta - Populism and Democratic Backsliding in the Context of a Fragmenting Global Order
Chair: Prof. Mohd Aminul Karim - Revisiting Regional Security Complexes in the Era of Multipolarity
- Securitization as a Method: Words, Audiences, Practices and Beyond
Chair: Dr. Alta Grobbelaar - Security and Conflict in Historical Context
Chair: Prof. Miguel Navarro - The Future Architecture of National Security and Democratic Resilience in the Digital Age
- The Politics of Hope in Uncertain Democracies: Nonviolence, Political Agency, and Democratic Transformation
Chair: Prof. Shaimaa Moheyeldin - The Security-Democracy Paradox: Emergency Powers, Securitization, and Democratic Erosion in Uncertain Times
Chair: Dr. Yasmin Calmet - Uncertain Sovereignties: Armed Actors, Hybrid Governance, and Maritime Security
Chair: Dr. Hala Thabet
