Annette Idler is the Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. She holds a doctorate from the Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and an MA in International Relations from King's College London's Department of War Studies. Her research focuses on security, conflict, and transnational organized crime. Idler has published numerous scholarly articles, policy briefs, and op-eds, advised governments and international organizations, and provided frequent media commentary.

• List of Tables, Figures, and MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsPrologue: Witnessing Insecurity from the MarginsBorderland Maps1. Borderlands: Security through a Magnifying Glass2. Non-State Order and Security3. Borderlands Lens4. Violence and Survival5. Crime and Uncertainty6. Governance and Consent7. The Border Effect8 Global Borderlands: Security through a KaleidoscopeEpilogue: Experiencing Insecurity in the MarginsAppendix A: Further Methological NotesAppendix B: Violent Non-state Group Interactions across the BorderlandsAppendix C: Borderland Fieldwork ItinerariesNotesBibliographyIndex

provides an intriguing combination of political science analysis and ethnographic research, merging multisite participative observation and theoretically informed models of sociopolitical governance, and mobilizing an impressive deal of documental, archival, statistical, and oral information ... Idler's intellectual contribution is undisputable. Borderland Battles should be commended for the vast amount of material and the multidisciplinary strategies pursued in amassing a vivid image of borderland regions and, despite the label, their centrality for understanding core dynamics and developments.

Annette Idler is the Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. She holds a doctorate from the Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and an MA in International Relations from King's College London's Department of War Studies. Her research focuses on security, conflict, and transnational organized crime. Idler has published numerous scholarly articles, policy briefs, and op-eds, advised governments and international organizations, and provided frequent media commentary.

• List of Tables, Figures, and MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsPrologue: Witnessing Insecurity from the MarginsBorderland Maps1. Borderlands: Security through a Magnifying Glass2. Non-State Order and Security3. Borderlands Lens4. Violence and Survival5. Crime and Uncertainty6. Governance and Consent7. The Border Effect8 Global Borderlands: Security through a KaleidoscopeEpilogue: Experiencing Insecurity in the MarginsAppendix A: Further Methological NotesAppendix B: Violent Non-state Group Interactions across the BorderlandsAppendix C: Borderland Fieldwork ItinerariesNotesBibliographyIndex

provides an intriguing combination of political science analysis and ethnographic research, merging multisite participative observation and theoretically informed models of sociopolitical governance, and mobilizing an impressive deal of documental, archival, statistical, and oral information ... Idler's intellectual contribution is undisputable. Borderland Battles should be commended for the vast amount of material and the multidisciplinary strategies pursued in amassing a vivid image of borderland regions and, despite the label, their centrality for understanding core dynamics and developments.

Annette Idler is the Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. She holds a doctorate from the Department of International Development, University of Oxford, and an MA in International Relations from King's College London's Department of War Studies. Her research focuses on security, conflict, and transnational organized crime. Idler has published numerous scholarly articles, policy briefs, and op-eds, advised governments and international organizations, and provided frequent media commentary.

• List of Tables, Figures, and MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsPrologue: Witnessing Insecurity from the MarginsBorderland Maps1. Borderlands: Security through a Magnifying Glass2. Non-State Order and Security3. Borderlands Lens4. Violence and Survival5. Crime and Uncertainty6. Governance and Consent7. The Border Effect8 Global Borderlands: Security through a KaleidoscopeEpilogue: Experiencing Insecurity in the MarginsAppendix A: Further Methological NotesAppendix B: Violent Non-state Group Interactions across the BorderlandsAppendix C: Borderland Fieldwork ItinerariesNotesBibliographyIndex

provides an intriguing combination of political science analysis and ethnographic research, merging multisite participative observation and theoretically informed models of sociopolitical governance, and mobilizing an impressive deal of documental, archival, statistical, and oral information ... Idler's intellectual contribution is undisputable. Borderland Battles should be commended for the vast amount of material and the multidisciplinary strategies pursued in amassing a vivid image of borderland regions and, despite the label, their centrality for understanding core dynamics and developments.