We argue that the spatialization of violence in the counterterrorism operations of the War on Terror provides insight for understanding how these operations are legitimized and how they pose a challenge to an international order centered on state sovereignty. Against the background of a discussion of the key markers of statehood and recent normative challenges to state sovereignty, we interpret how discourses about “ungoverned spaces” influence the creation of spaces of violence in counterterrorism operations of the War on Terror. We then offer a conceptualization of these new spaces of violence, comparing “ungoverned spaces” discourse with the logic and justification of recent drone strikes. Finally, we interrogate how the existence of these different spatializations of violence fulfill legitimatory purposes in the War on Terror and what this means for the future of the international order.

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有条件的主权

我们认为，反恐战争反恐行动中暴力的空间化为理解这些行动如何合法化以及它们如何对以国家主权为中心的国际秩序构成挑战提供了见解。在讨论建国的关键标志和最近对国家主权的规范挑战的背景下，我们解释了关于“不受控制的空间”的话语如何影响反恐战争反恐行动中暴力空间的创造。然后，我们对这些新的暴力空间进行了概念化，将“不受控制的空间”话语与最近无人机袭击的逻辑和理由进行了比较。最后，