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(New Book) Force Multipliers: The Instrumentalities of Imperialism

Anything in the world of cultural systems, social relationships, and material production can become force multipliers for imperialism: food security, oil, electricity, young leaders, aid, social media, NGOs, women’s rights, schoolgirls, democratization, elections, the G8, the European Union, NATO, the IMF, the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, AFRICOM, development, policing, borders, and epidemics, among others. This takes us to related conceptualizations of “full-spectrum dominance,” “three-dimensional warfare,” and “interoperability,” in what has become an imperial syndrome.

Conservation Refugees

When protecting nature means kicking people out by Mark Dowie Published in...

Conservation Refugees

The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples Mark Dowie Table...