No Man's Land : Globalization, Territory, and Clandestine Groups in Southeast Asia / Justin V. Hastings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hastings, Justin V., author.

Series:

Cornell paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jemaah Islamiyah (Organization).

Gerakan Aceh Merdeka.

Terrorism--Southeast Asia.

Terrorism.

Secret societies--Southeast Asia.

Secret societies.

Transnational crime--Southeast Asia.

Transnational crime.

Human territoriality--Southeast Asia.

Human territoriality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The increased ability of clandestine groups to operate with little regard for borders or geography is often taken to be one of the dark consequences of a brave new globalized world. Yet even for terrorists and smugglers, the world is not flat; states exert formidable control over the technologies of globalization, and difficult terrain poses many of the same problems today as it has throughout human history.In No Man's Land, Justin V. Hastings examines the complex relationship that illicit groups have with modern technology-and how and when geography still matters. Based on often difficult fieldwork in Southeast Asia, Hastings traces the logistics networks, command and control structures, and training programs of three distinct clandestine organizations: the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, the insurgent Free Aceh Movement, and organized criminals in the form of smugglers and maritime pirates. Hastings also compares the experiences of these groups to others outside Southeast Asia, including al-Qaeda, the Tamil Tigers, and the Somali pirates.Through reportage, memoirs, government archives, interrogation documents, and interviews with people on both sides of the law, he finds that despite their differences, these organizations are constrained and shaped by territory and technology in similar ways. In remote or hostile environments, where access to the infrastructure of globalization is limited, clandestine groups must set up their own costly alternatives. Even when successful, Hastings concludes, criminal, insurgent and terrorist organizations are not nearly as mobile as pessimistic views of the sinister side of globalization might suggest.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Maps

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Grappling with Territory in a Globalizing World

1. Territory and the Ideas of Clandestine Transnational Organizations

2. Territory, Politics, and the Technologies of Globalization

Part II. Territory and Transnational Terrorism

3. The Rise of Jemaah Islamiyah, 1985-1999

4. The Decline of Jemaah Islamiyah, 1999-2009

5. The Plots of Jemaah Islamiyah

Part III. Extensions: Southeast Asia and Beyond

6. Gerakan Aceh Merdeka

7. Transnational Criminal Organizations in Southeast Asia

8. Fluidity and Rigidity in Clandestine Transnational Organizations

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-8014-6222-3

OCLC:

732957157