In the midst of a political transition since the popular revolution of 2014, Burkina Faso has known a collapse of security in the context of
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Before the Trump Era, the “Wall” Made In Arizona as Political Performance
“Trump’s Wall” illustrates the US obsession with ever-greater militarization of the Mexican border, independently of the actual numbers of unauthorized crossings. Yet these debates began
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To contain the impact of the withdrawal of international forces[note]Most of the analysis here derives from the authors’ fieldwork in Kunduz in April 2014 and
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Introduction Ever since the self-defense groups appeared in February 2013, Michoacán finds itself in a profound political reconfiguration process mainly led by armed groups, be
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“If your photographs are not good enough, you are not close enough” – Robert Capa Since July[note]Note from the editor : This report was initially published
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