An Assemblage Approach to Contemporary Shadow Warfare: AFRICOM and the “hunt” for Joseph Kony

J. Demmers; L.M. Gould

An Assemblage Approach to Contemporary Shadow Warfare: AFRICOM and the “hunt” for Joseph Kony

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Abstract

In the academic debate on the newness of war we see voices that emphasize military robotics and networked forms of organisation as key drivers of what is now coined ‘shadow warfare’. We argue that despite offering important new insights, these ‘newness’ debates seem to overlook how wars are above all produced: wars are made to happen by complex alliances of heterogeneous, yet assembled sets of actors aiming to achieve their objectives.

Original language	English
Pages	1-21
Publication status	Unpublished - 8 Sept 2016
Event	10th Pan-European Conference of te European International Studies Association - Izmir, Turkey Duration: 7 Sept 2016 → 10 Sept 2016

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Conference	10th Pan-European Conference of te European International Studies Association
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Izmir
Period	7/09/16 → 10/09/16

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An Assemblage Approach to Contemporary Shadow Warfare: AFRICOM and the “hunt” for Joseph Kony

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