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The unmooring of state power from any fixed geographical marker has created a new paradigm: the shifting border. The shifting border is not fixed in time and place; it consists of legal portals rather than physical barriers. Responses to the global pandemic have accelerated this trend.
The world we live in is almost entirely delimited; in our minds, borders are perfect lines—they have no width, only length. Countries may wage violent conflicts over some territories, but they agree on one thing: wherever one country ends, another begins.
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The experience of crossing a border varies depending on which countries are on either side of it. In some cases, nations have open borders. That means people can cross the border without stopping for inspection or to show a passport. Most nations of the European Union (EU) share open borders.
May 10, 2021 · Despite the various ongoing processes of globalization, the role of borders as barriers to undesirable influences and threats has gained momentum. The logic of the debate on the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the related concerns has indeed telling similarities with the recent migration (management) crisis.
- Jussi P. Laine
- 2021
- Travel Between Countries
- Border Protection
- Border Disputes
Sometimes borders fall along natural boundaries like rivers or mountain ranges. For example, the boundary between France and Spain follows the peak of the Pyrenees mountains. For part of its length, the boundary between the United States and Mexico follows a river called the Rio Grande. Borders—especially borders for countries—affect travel. Border...
Countries protect their borders for several reasons. This is especially true in areas where two or more countries have fought over the same land. Cambodia and Thailand are countries in Southeast Asia. They have disputed the territory of the Preah Vihear Temple for more than a century. Sometimes, borders keep citizens from leaving a country. Nations...
Many border disputes happen when people fight over natural resources. Natural resources are anything a person can use that comes from the natural environment. The countries of Sudan and Egypt have argued for years over a region called Hala'ib. Hala'ib is rich in the mineral manganese, a natural resource. Manganese is important for making iron and s...
Unpacking borders by examining their functions helps to develop an understanding as to why borders are never “perfect fits”. The main objective of this article is to offer a comprehensive understanding of borders and the bordering processes as well as border-related physical and virtual relational geographies.
Sep 23, 2021 · Some components of the new framework for post-globalization border studies are evident. First, we need to do much more to understand the emergence and development of borders and border theory. Call it effective temporality or call it something else, but borders need to be understood in historical context.
