When:
Monday, September 14, 2020 12:00 PM
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1:30 PM
Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Sovereignty, Order and Conflict presents
Margaret Hermann
Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global
Affairs and Director of Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse University
Heidi Stallman
PhD Student, Syracuse University
Toward Mapping Global Insecurity: Rethinking Sovereignty and the Global Economy
Transnational criminal, insurgent, and terrorist
organizations seek places that they can govern and operate from with minimum
interference from law enforcement. Like
modern day versions of the pirate islands of the 17th and 18th centuries, these
safe havens are sustained by illicit activities. The Moynihan Institute’s Mapping Global
Insecurity Project has completed in-depth case studies of 80 such geographic
locations found across the globe, generating an initial map of the world as
viewed through the eyes of those engaged in transnational criminal activities. This presentation focuses on describing what
we have learned to date regarding geopolitics and transnational crime and the
flows of illegal commodities. Our
research suggests that those engaged in transnational crime take advantage of
the tensions between state sovereignty and globalization, weak state authority,
different interpretations of what is illegal, places where corruption is
endemic, locations where there are multiple ways to exit the space and
redundancies in the number and type of illegal commodities available, free
trade zones, and Robin Hood’s curse.
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For more information or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact Ryan Griffiths (rgriff01@maxwell.syr.edu)