This paper seeks to demonstrate that, in Mexico, the policy of eradication poppy crops has not only been motivated by its official reason, anti-drug fight, but also instrumentalized for militarization certain regions counterinsurgent purposes, that is, deal with guerrilla activity. Of an empirical nature, this demonstration is based on a mixed methodology, both quantitative and qualitative, as ...

Nationalism is important in shaping the politics of every country throughout the world, but the economic rationale underlying nationalism remains unclear. This paper provides a framework for analyzing nationalistic sentiments, including asserted supremacy of national interests, xenophobia, state sovereignty, and militarization. The level of nationalistic sentiments varies by the relative import...

Restrictive immigration policies and the militarization of external border controls by the US and the EU have failed to significantly curb immigration from Latin America and Africa. Rather, they have led to increasing reliance on increasingly risky and costly irregular migration and have paradoxically encouraged permanent settlement. A commonly presented ‘smart solution’ to curb immigration is ...

Modern brutality, which found its culmination in using weapons of mass destruction (WMD) against humanity, is the dark side of the principal teachings of the Enlightenment. The great thinkers of the Enlightenment, blaming religion as the main source of violence, removed God from the center of Western political and social thought to replace it with human. Although they were not conscious of the ...

In his article “The Rise and Fall of the South African Bomb,” Peter Liberman uses organizational politics theory to explain South Africa’s latent development of a nuclear weapons program before 1977.1 He cites post-1976 security threats (from the Soviet Union and Cuba) as triggers for the militarization of the nuclear program and the building of six bombs. Although Liberman is less clear about ...

In this paper, we investigate the intersections of gender, health and human rights in sites of political exclusion. We apply the political theory of Giorgio Agamben on 'states of exception', seeking to better understand how the recent 'war on terror', that seemingly knows no limits of time or space, is driving health outcomes in refugee and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Reproductive...

Abstract In Ethics, Security, and the War-Machine , Ned Dobos highlights several negative consequences preparation for war has individuals states. But he misses what I consider perhaps most significant consequence of military mobilization states, especially democracies: how it affect deliberative politics. While many argue that all including democracies, require strong militaries—and there is s...

In the wake of pandemic policing occasioned by COVID-19, Nigeria police have been facing challenges a lack legitimacy, together with what is termed militarization operations. This has impacted considerably on police–community relations. Meanwhile, early reports response to indicated high levels lockdown violation, despite adoption militarized option in enforcement restriction orders. reviewing ...

This article describes the harms caused by criminalization of cannabis in Jamaica and outcomes decriminalization legalization processes that started 2015. It argues current framework does not promote social justice for actors historically engaged trade suggests it should be revised aligned with policies geared towards reparations. focuses on historical entanglements between Rastafarians, law en...