Abstract Spaces for Intervention in Libya and Nigeria.
How is the space for contemporary interventions constructed? This article deepens our understanding of counterterrorism as a dialectical form of intervention by highlighting the importance of unifying rationalities in the creation of "ungoverned spaces" as abstract spaces for intervention purposes....
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 1 - 14 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2024
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