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In NUPI's Theory Seminar Series

Janice Bially Mattern, Frank R. Hook Assistant Professor of International Relations, Dept. of International Relations, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania

Paper: Stealing Sovereignty. Toward a theory of ‘illicit’ transnational political movements

From transnational gangs to transnational crime syndicates, illicit transnational actors that previously appeared to be 'just about profit' are now linking their criminal exploits to contentious transnational political objectives. Janice Bially Mattern's paper explores why, how, and the implications for world political order. The paper offers a discourse analysis of 750-hours of wiretapped conversations among key members of the Colombian-Mexican cocaine trafficking TCO.