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Mitchell is a political theorist and historian known for his work on the political economy of the Middle East.
Known for: Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Flow of Goods
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Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Flow of Goods
Chokepoints explores how private actors—corporations, logistics firms, and financial institutions—control the global circulation of goods through critical nodes such as ports, pipelines, and data centers. The book examines the political and economic implications of these control points, revealing how they shape global trade, labor, and environmental governance.
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Historical Context: The Rise of Strategic Nodes
The modern world of circulation did not arise spontaneously. It is the product of centuries of political engineering, technological innovation, and economic control. Historically, empires created chokepoints to manage trade routes, ensuring control over scarce goods and colonial extraction. The Suez...
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Private Governance: Corporations Regulating the World
One of the defining shifts in the contemporary era is the retreat of the public state and the advancing oversight of private entities. Ports today are operated by multinational corporations whose decisions about access, tariffs, or security influence global trade patterns more than government polici...
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Mitchell is a political theorist and historian known for his work on the political economy of the Middle East.
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