Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Wie Geld nationales Recht aushebelt »Auf ihren Reisen in verschiedene Teile der Welt beschreibt Abrahamian die heimtückisch miteinander verbundenen globalen Regime der Ungleichheit und Ungerechtigkeit. Dabei [...] beleuchtet sie auf brillante Weise unsere politische Sackgasse.« Pankaj Mishra Freihandelszonen, die von Steuergesetzen ausgenommen sind. Offshore-Haftanstalten, in denen Menschen auf unbestimmte Zeit inhaftiert werden. Charter-Städte, die von multinationalen ausländischen Unternehmen kontrolliert werden. Schiffe, die unter falscher Flagge fahren. All diese Orte bilden das Niemandsland. Hier gelten die Rechte und Gesetze nicht, die in den uns bekannten Nationalstaaten bestehen. Und das nutzen die Wohlhabenden und Mächtigen zu ihrem Vorteil. In einer fesselnden Investigativreportage, in der sie uns rund um den Globus führt, verfolgt die Journalistin Atossa Abrahamian die Entstehung und Entwicklung dieses verborgenen Universums. Sie enthüllt die schmutzigen Geschäfte preisgekrönter Ökonomen, exzentrischer Theoretiker und visionärer Berater und zeigt, wie diese letztendlich die globale Ordnung bestimmen. »Spannend, scharfsinnig und nachdenklich.« Daniel Immerwahr »Faszinierend – liest sich wie ein Roman.« Anne-Marie Slaughter

This book offers a fresh perspective on the world, revealing a hidden universe shaped by wealth and power. While traditional maps depict sovereign nations that govern citizens' rights, a parallel realm exists, comprised of extraterritorial zones operating autonomously for the elite. Atossa Abrahamian traces this hidden geography back to thirteenth-century Switzerland, where impoverished cantons capitalized on their most valuable resource—mercenary fighters. She explores the evolution of this system through free trade zones, flags of convenience, offshore detention centers for immigrants, and charter cities governed by foreign entities and multinational corporations. The narrative extends even to outer space, highlighting Luxembourg's ambitions for asteroid mining rights. By uncovering the intricate map of this concealed world, the book examines who benefits and who suffers in the current global order, while also contemplating potential alternatives. Abrahamian's work captivates, provokes, and motivates readers to reconsider their understanding of reality and the political challenges we face today.

The buying and selling of citizenship has become a legitimate, thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs are renouncing America and Europe in favor of tax havens in the Caribbean with the help of a cottage industry of lawyers, bankers, and consultants that specialize in expatriation. But as journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian discovered, the story of twenty-first century citizenship is bigger than millionaires buying their second or third passport. When she learned that mysterious middlemen had persuaded the Comoro Islands to turn to selling citizenship as a new source of revenue, she decided to follow the money trail to the Middle East. There, she found that officials in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates had bulk-ordered passports for their bidoon, or stateless population, transforming these men, women, and children without countries into Comorian citizens practically overnight. In her timely and eye-opening first book, Abrahamian travels the globe to meet these willing and unwitting "cosmopolites," or citizens of the world, who show us how transactional and unpredictable national citizenship in the twenty-first century can be. -- Amazon.com