The DMZ at 70
Matthew Longo reflects on the surreal experience of the DMZ, where borders create both division and unity.
Matthew Longo is assistant professor of political science at Leiden University. He is the author of two books: The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain (W. W. Norton, 2023) and The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen After 9/11 (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Matthew Longo reflects on the surreal experience of the DMZ, where borders create both division and unity.
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