Authorities in Charleston released the audio of a 911 call made by a resident after discovering a military pilot in his backyard. The pilot ejected from his F-35 fighter jet on Sunday after suffering a “mishap”, the Marine Corps said. Photo: Suhaimi Abdullah/Associated Press
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,1,The Israel Defense Forces released a video on Thursday showing an elite unit retaking an Israeli military base from Hamas militants on Oct. 7. The footage is said to show troops from the Shayetet 13 unit engaging in gunbattles with dozens of Hamas militants. Photo: Israel Defense Forces
,1,A barrage of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip was seen being intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system during a second night of fighting. Hamas has fired thousands of rockets towards Israel since launching a surprise attack on Saturday. Photo: Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
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,1,The Israeli military said soldiers and civilians had been captured and taken into Gaza. There were also Israeli hostages being held by militants in at least two Israeli towns amid ongoing battles with militants, the authorities said. Photo: Hatem Ali/Associated Press
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,1,Palestinian militants carried out a surprise attack on Israel Saturday morning, firing thousands of rockets and sending fighters into southern cities near the border with Gaza. Israel said it was at war and had begun striking Hamas targets.
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,1,Two humanitarian corridors will operate in Gaza to allow people to flee fighting between Israel and Hamas in the north of the enclave, the White House said. Photo: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images
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,1,Authorities in Charleston released the audio of a 911 call made by a resident after discovering a military pilot in his backyard. The pilot ejected from his F-35 fighter jet on Sunday after suffering a “mishap”, the Marine Corps said. Photo: Suhaimi Abdullah/Associated Press
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,Watson Institute,Watson International Institute,Brown University,Brown u,Brown,Public Affairs,SMugglers,North Africa,Africa,Maritime Law,Middle East,International Relations,hayN4yS138Y,UCok8bs3XNbyU93LMwQ4A55w, Society, channel_UCok8bs3XNbyU93LMwQ4A55w, video_hayN4yS138Y,Smuggling is typically thought of as furtive and hidden, taking place under the radar and beyond the reach of the state. But in many cases, governments tacitly permit illicit cross-border commerce, or even devise informal arrangements to regulate it. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the borderlands of Tunisia and Morocco, Max Gallien explains why states have long tolerated illegal trade across their borders and develops new ways to understand the political economy of smuggling. His book, “Smugglers and States – Negotiating the Maghreb at its Margins” examines the rules and agreements that govern smuggling in North Africa, tracing the involvement of states in these practices and their consequences for borderland communities. It demonstrates that, contrary to common assumptions about the effects of informal economies, smuggling can promote both state and social stability. States not only turn a blind eye to smuggling, they rely on it to secure political acquiescence and maintain order, because it provides income for otherwise neglected border communities. More recently, however, the securitization of borders, wars, political change, and the pandemic have put these arrangements under pressure. Gallien explores the renegotiation of the role of smuggling, showing how stability turns into vulnerability and why some groups have been able to thrive while others have been pushed further to the margins.
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Max Gallien is a political scientist specialising in the politics of informal and illegal economies, the political economy of taxation and the modern politics of the Middle East and North Africa. He is a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies and a Research Lead and the International Centre for Tax and Development. He is the author of “Smugglers and States – Negotiating the Maghreb at its Margins” (Columbia University Press, 2024).