The increased ability of clandestine groups to operate with little regard for borders or geography is often taken to be one of the dark consequences of a brave new globalized world. Yet even for terrorists and smugglers, the world is not flat; states exert formidable control over the technologies of globalization, and difficult terrain poses many of the same problems today as it has throughout human history.
In No Man's Land, Justin V. Hastings examines the complex relationship that illicit groups have with modern technology and how and when geography still matters. Based on...
The increased ability of clandestine groups to operate with little regard for borders or geography is often taken to be one of the dark consequence...
