1869, Ep. 122 with Peter Andreas, author of Border Games, Third Edition

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/Z1fRL4nCwOvFsY2G72FmiwsIif4 Book info: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765780/border-games/#bookTabs=1 In this episode, we speak with Peter Andreas, author of Border Games: The Politics of Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide, now out in a third edition. Peter Andreas is John Hay Professor of International Studies and Political Science at Brown University. Andreas is the author, co-author, or co-editor of eleven books. He has also written for a wide range of scholarly and policy publications, including International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, Harper's, Slate, Time Magazine, and The Nation. We spoke to Peter about how the political games surrounding the U.S. Mexico border have evolved since he first started studying the issue over twenty years ago, how the escalation to a more militarized border has had extremely negative and deadly side effects, and how he expects border issues to be utilized by politicians in the upcoming mid-term elections in the United States. If you’d like to purchase Peter’s new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website which is cornellpress.cornell.edu. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.