![]() Indeed, in 2016, Dubai-based DP World signed a contract with the Somaliland government for the expansion, containerization and operation of Berbera Port, as part of a larger diplomatic deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Potentially an alternative to Djibouti, Berbera Port represents a business opportunity for developers. ![]() Since Eritrean independence in 1993, Ethiopia has relied on the increasingly congested port of Djibouti for its imports. Its neighbour, landlocked Ethiopia, represents an emerging market with some 100 million inhabitants and a rapidly growing economy. Most of the Berbera corridor is situated in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, a de facto state that lacks international recognition ( Bradbury, 2008). ![]() ![]() One such case is the Berbera corridor, a historical trading route that connects Berbera Port in north-western Somalia with the Ethiopian hinterland (see Figure 1). The article depicts Berbera corridor as a state-building frontier as well as a frontier of global logistical networks and rationalities, where new agents of circulation rearrange relations between former ones and cut across international as well as public/private boundaries. Our empirical analysis focuses on three overarching projects of circulation: Somaliland’s foundational state-building-based-on-circulation project of the 1990s shifting Ethiopian customs regimes and strategies to discipline and capture cross-border trading and livestock exports in the 2000s and the transnational state-of-the-art corridor project of the 2010s. Such politics involve a plurality of rationalities, the emergence of technologies that seek to balance circulation and security, and substantial elements of anticipation. We analyse the ‘politics of circulation’ that are set in motion by the articulation of different projects of making goods circulate and capturing revenue from circulation. This article explores the co-production of political order and circulation in what today is known as Berbera corridor, a trade and transport corridor that connects landlocked Ethiopia and Berbera Port in the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALS
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