Questions tagged [borders]
The lines separating countries, administrative divisions, or other areas.
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Would the Irish border be useful as a generalizable model of an open-border policy? [closed]
The concept of open borders between friendly nations seems to enjoy a certain amount of infamy in the public imagination. If one were to temporarily suspend trepidation about the obvious pain points ...
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What is the standard international practice about border fencing?
I have observed that whenever a country wants to fence its border, someone either protests or one side starts firing on the construction workers.
Examples,
Afghan Taliban stop Pakistan army from ...
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Has China occupied any Indian land in Indian North East?
I know that China controls a significant portion of land in Jammu & kashmir and that area is called Aksai Chin. Also, very recently Rahul Gandhi claimed that China has occupied 4000sqkm of land in ...
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Has anyone confirmed Egypt's [cover?] story that they are building a walled "logistical hub" (and not a displacement camp) next to Gaza? [closed]
There have been press reports (e.g. latest) that Egypt is clearing up and walling (with concrete slabs, about 5m tall judging from the pictures) an area of about 16 sq km next to their current border ...
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Did Russia publish any official statement regarding on the national map released by the Ministry of Natural Resources?
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/09/04/china-is-redefining-its-borders-with-its-neighbors-including-russia_6122600_4.html
Was China looking to take advantage of Russia's setbacks, ...
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Indigeneous Palestinian population in Sinai
In 1982 the town of Rafah was split in two by the Israel-Egypt peace treaty:
When Israel withdrew from the Sinai in 1982, Rafah was split into a Gazan part and an Egyptian part, dividing families, ...
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Which Polish political parties are supporting the blockade of their border with Ukraine?
There's been a partial blockade of Ukraine's borders by Polish truckers and farmers since the beginning of November, punctuated by various short breaks.
Polish drivers have been blocking several ...
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How many construction projects under PA/international supervision has Israel effectively/implicitly approved in Gaza since 2010?
In 2010 news was that Israel was going to allow imports of building materials for international construction projects in Gaza.
The construction materials allowed in under international supervision ...
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Is there no presumption in international law that people fleeing from a country at war are valid refugee applicants?
A fairly upvoted answer to a Q here writes:
There is no obligation to "accept them" if they are still in Gaza
IMHO there is a difference however between just being in Gaza and standing ...
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Why is Belize divided into two parts in this map?
I was reading the Wikipedia article for Quetzaltenango and the first thing I looked at was the map:
As you can see Belize is at the eastern side. Its western and southern borders are showed with a ...
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Why is the border between Gaza and Egypt closed? [closed]
Israel strategy of besieging Gaza would obviously not work if this 10km border was not strictly closed
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Why is the town of Olivenza not as heavily politicized as other territorial disputes?
Olivenza is a town near the border of Portugal and Spain. Spain controls it but Portugal does not recognize it as Spanish. Unlike other disputes around the world such as Gibraltar in Spain vs UK, it ...
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Has the Taiwan / Republic of China (ROC) government ever made any territorial claim on areas in Arunachal Pradesh, India, like the Chinese PRC Govt.?
The BBC's April 4, 2023 Arunachal Pradesh: India rejects China's attempt to rename disputed places led me to read Wikipedia's Arunachal Pradesh. The introduction of that article, until a few days ago, ...
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How common is it for wars of aggression to end without a counter-invasion to the territory of the aggressor?
The situation I am asking about arises when an aggressor attacks a country, occupies parts of its territory, but then the side under attack manages to mount a defense and drive the aggressor back to ...
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Is the EU Border Guard Agency able to tell Russian passports issued in Ukraine or Georgia from the legitimate ones?
On 8 December 2022, the European Council has adopted a resolution on not accepting Russian travel documents issued in Ukraine and Georgia.
I'm wondering if the Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard ...
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