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[Usa] Maritime Security And Fisheries Enforcement (Safe) Act, United States Congress
[Usa] Maritime Security And Fisheries Enforcement (Safe) Act, United States Congress
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The Maritime SAFE act is a bill introduced by the 116th US Congress to address IUU fishing and related activities as a national security threat.
Enter 9/11: Latin America And The Global War On Terror, Markus-Michael Müller
Enter 9/11: Latin America And The Global War On Terror, Markus-Michael Müller
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This article offers an analysis of the transnational discursive construction processes informing Latin American security governance in the aftermath of 9/11. It demonstrates that the Global War on Terror provided an opportunity for external and aligned local knowledge producers in the security establishments throughout the Americas to reframe Latin America's security problems through the promotion of a militarized security epistemology, and derived policies, centered on the region's ‘convergent threats’. In tracing the discursive repercussions of this epistemic reframing, the article shows that, by tapping into these discourses, military bureaucracies throughout the Americas were able to overcome their previous institutional marginalization …
Contested Borders: Organized Crime, Governance, And Bordering Practives In Colombia-Venezuela Borderlands, Viviana Garcia Pinzon, Jorge Mantilla
Contested Borders: Organized Crime, Governance, And Bordering Practives In Colombia-Venezuela Borderlands, Viviana Garcia Pinzon, Jorge Mantilla
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"Based on the conceptualizations of organized crime as both an enterprise and a form of governance, borderland as a spatial category, and borders as institutions, this paper looks at the politics of bordering practices by organized crime in the ColombianVenezuelan borderlands. It posits that contrary to the common assumptions about transnational organized crime, criminal organizations not only blur or erode the border but rather enforce it to their own benefit. In doing so, these groups set norms to regulate socio-spatial practices, informal and illegal economies, and migration flows, creating overlapping social orders and, lastly, (re)shaping the borderland. Theoretically, the analysis …
Collateral Damage? Small-Scale Fisheries In The Global Fight Against Iuu Fishing, Andrew M. Song, Joeri Scholtens, Kate Barclay, Simon R. Bush, Michael Fabinyi, Dedi S. Adhuri, Milton Haughton
Collateral Damage? Small-Scale Fisheries In The Global Fight Against Iuu Fishing, Andrew M. Song, Joeri Scholtens, Kate Barclay, Simon R. Bush, Michael Fabinyi, Dedi S. Adhuri, Milton Haughton
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This report focuses on the impact of IUU fishing and regulations on small-scale fisheries and the potential inappropriate targeting of small-scale fisheries due to the linkage of IUU fishing to organized crime.
Country Reports On Terrorism 2019, U.S. Department Of State Bureau Of Counterterrorism
Country Reports On Terrorism 2019, U.S. Department Of State Bureau Of Counterterrorism
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This 2019 report details terrorist activities occuring around the world and provides an overview of areas where international and regional terrorist organizations may have a presence or foothold and access to financial or other types of support.
Country Reports On Terrorism 2018, U.S. Department Of State Bureau Of Counterterrorism
Country Reports On Terrorism 2018, U.S. Department Of State Bureau Of Counterterrorism
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This 2018 report details terrorist activities occuring around the world and provides an overview of areas where international and regional terrorist organizations may have a presence or foothold and access to financial or other types of support.