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Novara FM: New Cities, Old Scams w/ Quinn Slobodian

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CHAPTER

Transforming Black Sites into Economic Zones

This chapter discusses the transformation and repurposing of black sites from the war on terror into special economic zones, highlighting the economic aspect of military bases and the strategic targeting of infrastructure by the Taliban. It explores the concept of zones as spaces of legal exception within the global political economy, challenging traditional notions of nation-state borders.

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