Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

La citoyenneté – le « droit d’avoir des droits », comme l’a définie Hannah Arendt – est aujourd’hui refusée à des centaines de millions de personnes – déracinés, réfugiés, apatrides et autres « illég

This book did nothing less than make me re-see the world . . . Original, and very clever - Sathnam Sanghera, author of EmpirelandBorders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalists riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it.The map of the globe shows the world we think we know: sovereign nations that grant and restrict their citizens rights. Beneath, above, and tucked inside its neatly delineated borders, however, a parallel universe has been engineered into existence, consisting of thousands of extraterritorial zones that operate largely autonomously, increasingly for the benefit of the wealthy and powerful.Atossa Abrahamian traces the rise of the hidden globe to thirteenth-century Switzerland, where poor cantons marketed the commodity they had bodies, in the form of mercenary fighters. Following its evolution around the world, she reveals how prize-winning economists, eccentric theorists, visionary statesmen, and consultants masterminded its export in the form of free trade zones, flags of convenience, offshore detention centres where immigrants languish in limbo, and charter cities controlled by foreign governments and multinational corporations and even into outer space, where tiny Luxembourg aspires to mining rights on asteroids.By mapping the hidden geography that decides who wins and who loses in this new global order and how it might be otherwise The Hidden Globe fascinates, enrages, and inspires.Vivid, revelatory - The New Yorker Atossa Abrahamian boldly renews our sense of reality and brilliantly illuminates our political impasse - Pankaj Mishra, author of The Age of Anger

UNO DE LOS 10 MEJORES LIBROS DE 2024 SEGÚN THE WASHINGTON POST Una investigación sin precedentes que descubre un universo paralelo construido y moldeado por los más poderosos para su propio beneficio.Nuestra concepcion del globo se estructura en torno a naciones soberanas que, delimitadas con precision, otorgan o restringen derechos a sus ciudadanos. Sin embargo, existe una dimension alterna compuesta por miles de zonas extraterritoriales que operan de manera autonoma, escapando a la ley y al poder politico. Alrededor del mundo, cerca de seis mil paraisos fiscales dibujan una geografia oculta, revelando el predominio de un sistema basado en la desigualdad que dirige el poder mundial en favor de la elite.Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, periodista suizo-irani-canadiense de renombre internacional, lleva a cabo una investigacion exhaustiva en la que combina el rigor periodistico con una reflexion critica sobre sus propios origenes y privilegios. Desvela las acrobacias legales, la contabilidad creativa y las maniobras que, lejos del ojo publico, configuran un universo propio en el que todo se puede comprar y vender. Expone como el mapa fisico del mundo se aleja de nuestra realidad y desentraña como este sistema paralelo interviene e influye en el debate politico actual y, ademas, se cuestiona que alternativas mas justas son posibles.

UNO DE LOS 10 MEJORES LIBROS DE 2024 SEGÚN THE WASHINGTON POST Una investigación sin precedentes que descubre un universo paralelo construido y moldeado por los más poderosos para su propio beneficio.Nuestra concepcion del globo se estructura en torno a naciones soberanas que, delimitadas con precision, otorgan o restringen derechos a sus ciudadanos. Sin embargo, existe una dimension alterna compuesta por miles de zonas extraterritoriales que operan de manera autonoma, escapando a la ley y al poder politico. Alrededor del mundo, cerca de seis mil paraisos fiscales dibujan una geografia oculta, revelando el predominio de un sistema basado en la desigualdad que dirige el poder mundial en favor de la elite.Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, periodista suizo-irani-canadiense de renombre internacional, lleva a cabo una investigacion exhaustiva en la que combina el rigor periodistico con una reflexion critica sobre sus propios origenes y privilegios. Desvela las acrobacias legales, la contabilidad creativa y las maniobras que, lejos del ojo publico, configuran un universo propio en el que todo se puede comprar y vender. Expone como el mapa fisico del mundo se aleja de nuestra realidad y desentraña como este sistema paralelo interviene e influye en el debate politico actual y, ademas, se cuestiona que alternativas mas justas son posibles.

NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 5 BOOKS OF 2024 ON CBS SUNDAY MORNINGONE OF THE WASHINGTON POSTS TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2024A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Vivid, revelatory, and politically unpredictableWhat bothers Abrahamian, in the end, isnt the anarchic but the unfair; if capital is free, people deserve the same respect. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker"A season of unrest looms ahead, and The Hidden Globe lays out the unvarnished truth in a luminous feat of reportage.Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star TribuneBorders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalists riveting account exposes a parallel universe that has become a haven for the rich and powerful.A globe shows the world we think we know: neatly delineated sovereign nations that grant or restrict their citizens rights. Beneath, above, and tucked inside their borders, however, another universe has been engineered into existence. It consists of thousands of extraterritorial zones that operate largely autonomously, and increasingly for the benefit of the wealthiest individuals and corporations.Atossa Abrahamian traces the rise of this hidden globe to thirteenth-century Switzerland, where poor cantons marketed their only commodity: bodies, in the form of mercenary fighters. Over time, economists, theorists, statesmen, and consultants evolved ever more sophisticated ways of exporting and exploiting statelessness, in the form of free trade zones, flags of convenience, offshore detention centers, charter cities controlled by foreign corporations, and even into outer space. By mapping this countergeography, which decides who wins and who loses in the new global orderand helping us to see how it might be otherwiseThe Hidden Globe fascinates, enrages, and inspires.

UNO DE LOS 10 MEJORES LIBROS DE 2024 SEGÚN THE WASHINGTON POST Una investigación sin precedentes que descubre un universo paralelo construido y moldeado por los más poderosos para su propio beneficio

In describing insidiously interconnected global regimes of inequality and injustice Atossa Abrahamian boldly renews our sense of reality and brilliantly illuminates our political impasse Pankaj Mishra author of The Age of Anger Borders draw one map of the world money draws another A journalist s riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it The map of the globe shows the world we think we know sovereign nations that grant and restrict their citizens rights Beneath above and tucked inside its neatly delineated borders however a parallel universe has been engineered into existence consisting of thousands of extraterritorial zones that operate largely autonomously increasingly for the benefit of the wealthy and powerful Atossa Abrahamian traces the rise of the hidden globe to thirteenth century Switzerland where poor cantons marketed the commodity they had bodies in the form of mercenary fighters Following its evolution around the world she reveals how prize winning economists eccentric theorists visionary statesmen and consultants masterminded its export in the form of free trade zones flags of convenience offshore detention centers where immigrants languish in l