New article in Middle East Critique (open access)!
I explore how Western security assistance in Iraq enables what I call vicarious impunity - outsourcing responsibility for violence to local partners while sustaining influence from a distance.
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This article introduces the concept of ‘vicarious impunity’ to describe how Western interveners, particularly through Security Force Assistance (SFA), distance themselves from the consequences of v...
