Elections as domestication of violence and threats of war
The 2014 Afghan presidential election reveals the dual quality Achille Mbembe described in Politics as a Form of Expenditure[i] as, […]
After Elections: Hope?
Worldwide debates on 2014 Afghan elections condense some of the most influencing myths – one of which certainly being related
Violence, Voting and the Monopolization of Power
The following is based on edited excerpts from the introduction of Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan: Elections in an Unstable Political
Democracy building in Afghanistan?
The following thoughts combine views expressed in Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan, blog posts written for Afghanelections14.com and observations made over
Afghan Elections: the pen, the gun and the slippage between
Afghanistan’s Presidential elections were scheduled to coincide with the withdrawal of U.S. and foreign troops and Afghanistan’s first democratic transfer
Moral Geography of US/Mexico borderlands: space- and place-making at the edge of America #BORDERS
The creation and maintenance of a national border is an act of political geography. The building of a wall or
Security by Remote Control: Automation and autonomy in robot weapon systems. Report on symposium
On May 22 and 23, 2014, Security Lancaster, the Lancaster University Centre for Science Studies and the Centre for International
A conversation with Judith Beyer, Allegra’s new Reviews editor
Allegra is delighted to welcome on board Judith Beyer as a Review Editor! Judith is an anthropologist specializing in legal
Globalisation and its BORDERS
Two particularly significant types of borders divide the global world. There are the national borders separating different countries, and then
A conversation with Heath Cabot on her new book on the Greek asylum crisis #BORDERS
Heath Cabot’s first monograph, entitled « On the Doorstep of Europe: Asylum and Citizenship in Greece », will come out with the