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Matthew Longo is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Leiden University. His book, The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty and Security after 9/11, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.
We have surrendered the cherished value of “innocent until proven guilty” for the security logic that we are all “risky until proven safe.”
It is an ever-widening surveillance zone that turns borderland citizens into guardians of the state.
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