Rhys Machold is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks ‘homeland security’ emerged as a new paradigm of modern democracy. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2002 was its most enduring outcome although Israel took credit for first developing this expansive idea of control. Following the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai in 2008 India’s ties with Israel deepened. Numerous foreign-inspired state institutions were established including the National Investigative Agency and the National Intelligence Grid. Today India has become a significant buyer of surveillance technology as the latest entrant in the multi- billion-dollar homeland security industry. Living in and traveling across Palestine/Israel India and the UK for over a decade Rhys Machold meets a range of actors: trade officials contractors arms dealers fencing manufacturers police trainers politicians bureaucrats diplomats scholars and journalists. He tells the story of how claims to global authority are fabricated and put to work.
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