From Rebel Governance to Institutionalization? Prospects for the Taliban and Afghanistan
Working Paper 116 / July 2023 by Vito Morisco
Dr.
Vito Morisco
Affiliated Researcher
Vito Morisco is an Affiliated Researcher at the oiip and a doctoral candidate in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter, UK. He worked as an intern at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany and at the immigration office of the Italian Ministry of Interior. He also completed a Certificate in Terrorism Studies at the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St. Andrews, Scotland. In addition, Vito studied Persian language at the University of Tehran, Arabic at the University of Jordan and worked as junior analyst at the Institute for Islamic Strategic Affairs (IISA) in London. His research interests include critical terrorism studies, political violence and Islamist movements.
Vita
Education
- PhD in Middle East Politics, University of Exeter (UK) (2018 – )
- MA in Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter (UK) (2016-2017)
- MA in International Studies, University of Siena (Italy) (2013-2015)
- BA in Intercultural Mediation, University of Bari (Italy) (2009-2013)
Publications
Book Chapters
- “Italian Muslim Communities and National Counterterrorism Strategy: Between Normalisation and Securitisation”, in Fahmi and Magazzini (eds.), The Governance of Islam and Violent Radicalization (Routledge, 2023) (forthcoming).
Conference Papers
- “Mediating Security in a Sectarian State: Case Study of Lebanon”, Rethinking the Empirical Reality of Statehood in the MENA Region – British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), November 2022.
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