This journal article examines how roadblocks and checkpoints function as central sites of extraction and political authority in conflict‑affected borderlands. Moving beyond accounts that focus only on armed actors, the article shows how variations in transport infrastructure – from informal tracks to major trade corridors – shape who can control movement, levy rents and exercise power. By developing a typology of ‘roadblock geographies’, the study offers a practical framework for analysing how circulation, logistics and extraction interact to produce different forms of governance and inequality across borderland conflict settings.
Roadblock geographies: A typology of extraction, circulation, and authority in conflict
How roadblocks, transport infrastructure and extraction shape authority and political power.