Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Global Insecurity and Urban Capabilities

Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen

1.  Bamako, Mali: Danger and the Divided Geography of International Intervention

Ruben Andersson

2.  Kabul: Bridging the Gap Between the State and the People

Florian Weigand

3.  Baghdad: War and Insecurity in the City

Ali Ali

4.  A Tale of Two Cities: Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, and Insecurity at the U.S.–Mexico Border

Mary Martin

5.  Responding to, or Perpetuating, Urban Insecurity? Enclave-Making in Karachi

Sobia Ahmad Kaker

6.  Violent Conflict and Urbanization in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: The City as a Safe Haven

Karen Büscher

7.  Navigating Security in Bogotá

Johannes Rieken, Efraín García-Sánchez, and Daniel Bear

8.  “On the Margins of All Margins”: Explaining (In)Security in Novi Pazar, Serbia

Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic

Conclusion: Spaces for Tactical Urbanism

Saskia Sassen and Mary Kaldor

Contributors

Index