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- À margem do cânone: trânsitos apócrifos n'O evangelho segundo Jesus CristoPublication . Grünhagen, SaraEste artigo examina trânsitos literários relacionados com tradições bíblico-apócrifas presentes no romance "O evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo" (1991), um dos mais intertextuais de José Saramago, com um arcabouço referencial sofisticado, que excede em muito a narrativa bíblica canónica. Trata-se de analisar como Saramago recolhe personagens, episódios e detalhes narrativos sobretudo dos evangelhos da natividade e da infância, um diálogo ainda pouco estudado pela crítica saramaguiana. A análise mostra que o romance opera um duplo movimento de aproximação e distanciamento desses textos, revelando tanto a sua força cultural como alguns dos processos de receção que os tornaram parte do imaginário ocidental. Mostra-se ainda que Saramago atua como um autor apócrifo tardio, combinando fontes textuais, tradição iconográfica e objetos de veneração para criar a sua própria iconografia literária, marcada pela insistência no humano e por uma reescrita que desestabiliza leituras dogmáticas.
- Bringing the waters to CasablancaPublication . Fernandes, Carla Sofia Ferreira; Alves, FátimaDemographic pressures, economic development, and climate change affect water availability in Morocco, which is rapidly approaching critical water scarcity. Casablanca, the largest urban center, relies almost exclusively on water sources from other regions. The two primary sources are the surface water stations of Bouregreg, fed by the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah dam near Rabat, and the water from the Al Massira dam south of Casablanca. However, due to the decreasing precipitation levels caused by climate change, these water stations will soon fail to provide the level of water required. Therefore, various public and private actors are implementing measures to ensure the continuity of water supply in alignment with Morocco’s National Water Plan. Among the proposed water production solutions are the development of seawater desalination plants and the construction of a canal to transfer water from another river to the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Dam. Unfortunately, these supply-side solutions can only be sustainable if they are complemented by the active enforcement of downstream measures, including improved water reuse efficiency and intelligent water consumption management.
- Rethinking the geopolitical shifts and security in the New MillenniumPublication . Matos, André; Garrido, RuiThis editorial introduces the Special Issue "Geopolitics and International Security in the 21st Century" and frames it against the erosion of the post–Cold War assumptions that once sustained optimism about global governance. It argues that two pillars of the 1990s (the expectation that democratisation would reduce conflict and the belief that deepening economic interdependence would pacify international relations) have been increasingly undermined by renewed geopolitical rivalry, an accelerating wave of autocratisation, and the strategic instrumentalisation of rules and institutions. The editorial further highlights how selective moral and political prioritisation of human life and dignity across contemporary crises has intensified pressures on international normative systems, weakened legitimacy, and contributed to patterns of diplomatic non-alignment, consequently amplifying global fragmentation. Against this background, the Special Issue’s contributions collectively address an overarching question: how can law and institutions remain credible and effective in a security environment shaped by resource competition, technological militarisation, disinformation, populist foreign policy, contested borders, and renewed debates on accountability for aggression and wartime harms? The editorial closes by stressing the need to restore principled coherence, human security, and trust in multilateral cooperation as prerequisites for confronting the systemic risks that threaten global stability and planetary survival.