Vasja Badalič is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His primary fields of research are contemporary imperialism and migration. He is the author of four books, including The War Against Civilians: Victims of the “War on Terror” in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Before entering the academic sector, Badalič worked as a freelance journalist, reporting for the Slovenian news media from the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and Latin America.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: The rise of preventive warfare.- Chapter 2: Preventive wars of aggression: The reconceptualization of national “self-defense”.- Chapter 3: Preventive killings: The reconceptualization of the use of force in individual and unit “self-defense” reactions.- Chapter 4: Preventive “security” detention: The new conceptualization of internment for imperative reasons of security.- Chapter 5: Preventing accountability: The erasure of civilian victims and the quest for impunity.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Hegemonic violence in the age of preventive warfare.

Vasja Badalič is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His primary fields of research are contemporary imperialism and migration. He is the author of four books, including The War Against Civilians: Victims of the “War on Terror” in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Before entering the academic sector, Badalič worked as a freelance journalist, reporting for the Slovenian news media from the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and Latin America.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: The rise of preventive warfare.- Chapter 2: Preventive wars of aggression: The reconceptualization of national “self-defense”.- Chapter 3: Preventive killings: The reconceptualization of the use of force in individual and unit “self-defense” reactions.- Chapter 4: Preventive “security” detention: The new conceptualization of internment for imperative reasons of security.- Chapter 5: Preventing accountability: The erasure of civilian victims and the quest for impunity.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Hegemonic violence in the age of preventive warfare.

Vasja Badalič is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His primary fields of research are contemporary imperialism and migration. He is the author of four books, including The War Against Civilians: Victims of the “War on Terror” in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Before entering the academic sector, Badalič worked as a freelance journalist, reporting for the Slovenian news media from the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and Latin America.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: The rise of preventive warfare.- Chapter 2: Preventive wars of aggression: The reconceptualization of national “self-defense”.- Chapter 3: Preventive killings: The reconceptualization of the use of force in individual and unit “self-defense” reactions.- Chapter 4: Preventive “security” detention: The new conceptualization of internment for imperative reasons of security.- Chapter 5: Preventing accountability: The erasure of civilian victims and the quest for impunity.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Hegemonic violence in the age of preventive warfare.