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Dani Gilbert
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Fellow with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱
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Scholars mostly agree that cooperation between illicit actors is really costly. Cooperation between criminal & rebel kidnappers is extra surprising, for two reasons: 5/
First, such groups don’t share ideology or goals, often considered crucial to overcoming transaction costs in working together. Second, the groups are already “expert” at kidnapping on their own. So why risk partnering? 6/
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Dani Gilbert
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Fellow with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱
1.2k followers776 following146 posts