Publication

This paper explores the connections between cross-border trade, armed rebellion and state-making in the borderlands between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The author argues that the interdependencies and accumulation strategies developed during the protracted crisis in the DRC have gradually made this borderland a crucial region. He also argues that cross-border smuggling is an integral part of the relationship between state and society, as well as between historical modes of economic production.