An assemblage approach to liquid warfare: AFRICOM and the 'hunt' for Joseph Kony [0.03%]
“猎杀”约瑟夫·科尼与美军非洲司令部的全球作战网络
Jolle Demmers,Lauren Gould
Jolle Demmers
The Western state-led turn to remote forms of military intervention as recently deployed in the Middle East and across Africa is often explained as resulting from risk aversion (avoidance of ground combat), materiality ('the force of matter...
'I am somewhat puzzled': Questions, audiences and securitization in the proscription of terrorist organizations [0.03%]
“我有点困惑”——关于恐怖组织取缔的建构化问题、受众与安全化过程分析
Lee Jarvis,Tim Legrand
Lee Jarvis
A recent wave of scholarship has drawn attention to the need for further engagement with the role of 'the audience' in securitization 'games'. This article contributes to this discussion both theoretically and empirically by exploring the t...
Stifling stateness: The Assad regime's campaign against rebel governance [0.03%]
扼制政权建设：阿萨德政权反对派治理应对战事
José Ciro Martínez,Brent Eng
José Ciro Martínez
This article assesses the impact of the Assad regime's aerial bombardment campaign on a frequently neglected component of Syria's ongoing civil war: rebel governance. While analysis of the military and humanitarian ramifications of such att...
Between security and military identities: The case of Israeli security experts [0.03%]
在安全和军事身份之间：以以色列安全专家为例
Erella Grassiani
Erella Grassiani
The relationship between private security professionals and the military in Israel is complex. While there is growing attention to the fact that security and military actors and their activities are becoming increasingly blurred, the Israel...
The international politics of geoengineering: The feasibility of Plan B for tackling climate change [0.03%]
地球工程的政治可行性：应对气候变化的B计划
Olaf Corry
Olaf Corry
Geoengineering technologies aim to make large-scale and deliberate interventions in the climate system possible. A typical framing is that researchers are exploring a 'Plan B' in case mitigation fails to avert dangerous climate change. Some...
From performance to performativity: The legitimization of US security contracting and its consequences [0.03%]
从绩效到表演性：美国安全外包的合法化及其后果
Elke Krahmann
Elke Krahmann
Discussions about the legitimacy of private security companies (PSCs) in multilateral military interventions abound. This article looks at how the United States has sought to legitimize the outsourcing of security services to PSCs through p...
Ian Gr Shaw
Ian Gr Shaw
How will the robot age transform warfare? What geopolitical futures are being imagined by the US military? This article constructs a robotic futurology to examine these crucial questions. Its central concern is how robots - driven by leaps ...
Surveillance at sea: The transactional politics of border control in the Aegean [0.03%]
海上监控：爱琴海边境控制的交易政治学
Huub Dijstelbloem,Rogier van Reekum,Willem Schinkel
Huub Dijstelbloem
The relationship between vision and action is a key element of both practices and conceptualizations of border surveillance in Europe. This article engages with what we call the 'operative vision' of surveillance at sea, specifically as per...
Knowledge of practice: A multi-sited event ethnography of border security fairs in Europe and North America [0.03%]
实践的知识：关于欧洲和北美的边境安全展会的多场地事件民族志研究
Theodore Baird
Theodore Baird
This article takes the reader inside four border security fairs in Europe and North America to examine the knowledge practices of border security professionals. Building on the border security as practice research agenda, the analysis focus...