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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.
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- Where Is The 38th Parallel
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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- Mad Maps: The 'Ghost Borders' of Georgia
- The Bizarre 'Border Salad' of Central Asia's Ferghana Valley
- Why Does India Have A 'Chicken Neck'?
- Those Crazy Panhandles and What A Pain They Can Be
- How Kaliningrad Became A Part of Russia
Inside Georgia, there are two borders that are not even supposed to exist, but appear seemingly out of nowhere. Locals who live close to the breakaway South Ossetia or Abkhazia regions face arrest over crossing a sometimes invisible border, even though they are legally still in the same country.
The crazy national boundaries of Tajiksitan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan in the Ferghana Valley have the power to spark violence. Who made them so complicated? Here’s a hint: Stalin had quite a bit to do with it.
We look at how India ended up with a strange-looking, inconvenient "chicken neck," thanks to the British Empire:
Some of the wackiest-looking borders around the world contain so-called panhandles -- for example, Namibia's huge "landing strip" sticking out of its northeast corner. In this episode, we look at how and why many of the world’s panhandles were created, and what a headache they can be:
Seventy-five years have passed since the German city of Koenigsberg and the surrounding area became Kaliningrad, now an odd piece of Russia disconnected from the rest of the country. So how did a German region become a Russian exclave, and what role does it play for Russia today?
- Kaisa Alliksaar
May 22, 2019 · What do borders do, mean, and look like in different parts of the world? How are they decided? Who or what might they protect? How might they do harm? How and why might they change? The following overview from the National Geographic Society considers these and other important questions about borders in the modern world.
Mar 22, 2016 · 22 March 2016. Getty Images. There are tens of millions of people in the world who have fled their homeland because of war or persecution. But there are millions more who cross borders to be with...
Oct 10, 2018 · An invisible boundary. This article series explore borders, by drawing on the historic, political, social psychological and cultural aspects that define, shape, maintain or create borders...
Jul 23, 2015 · Why Borders Matter. Nicholas Rostow. July 23, 2015. Events in the Middle East seem to make some commentators and officials forget the fact that borders matter—everywhere, including the Middle East. Most borders reflect the vagaries and irrationalities of history. Sometimes they look arbitrary—history does not usually produce straight lines.
