The 'situatedness' of security in postcolonial spaces: Examining the historical and spatial trajectories of localised practices in Tunisia

Preventing and countering violent extremism programmes (P/CVE) programmes in western and postcolonial countries present several differences as well as similarities. The differences are a consequence of specific coordinates of time and space in which security programmes are situated. This article builds on a growing scholarship focusing on the dimension of time, highlighting how the investigation of global and local historical trajectories brings to light postcolonial processes of security policymaking and their role in shaping local security measures. Through interviews carried out in Tunisia with local and international NGOs working on P/CVE, this research examines the agency of international and local actors, and their role in implementing or challenging global and local security narratives. The objective of this research is to show the connection between global and local security narratives and practices, and the role of colonial historical trajectories in the evolution of security.