The functions of international borders, as well as other components and symbols of the nation-state, have changed substantially due to the ever-changing nature of the international environment. At the inception of the nation-state, borders were viewed in military terms. Before the end of the ninetee...

4. The U.S.-Mexico Border Wall

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Said Saddiki (19 avr. 2018)

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The United States has a long history of immigration. It has attracted immigrants from all over the world since the first European settlers arrived on the American shores, and today has one of the world’s highest migration rates. However, it is accurate to say that, from a legal point of view, the De...

Introduction

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Said Saddiki (19 avr. 2018)

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In the past physical walls and fences surrounding territorial space, towns and villages were viewed by ancient nations from a defensive perspective, as a fortification to defend their territorial sovereignty and a rampart to protect themselves from the outside attacks. Dramatic changes in both milit...

1. Israel and the Fencing Policy

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Said Saddiki (19 avr. 2018)

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Since its inception in 1948, Israel has established barriers of varying structures and effectiveness between populations of Jewish Israelis and their Arab neighbors. This policy has been a constant element of Israel’s security doctrine, rooted in Zionist thought from its beginning. Writing of Palest...

3. The Fences of Ceuta and Melilla

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Said Saddiki (19 avr. 2018)

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The fences of Ceuta and Melilla provide a model by which it is possible to study the extent to which governments’ stated purposes and hidden objectives align in the establishment of territorial boundaries. The Spanish government uses the challenge of irregular immigration as an argument for reinforc...

5. The Wall of Western Sahara

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Said Saddiki (19 avr. 2018)

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All military walls in history were originally built with a protective function to keep out invaders. China’s Great Wall, the most famous and the longest manmade structure in the world, was built for defensive and protective purposes, to safeguard and unify the Chinese territory and empire. Also, in...

2. Border Fencing in India

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Said Saddiki (19 avr. 2018)

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Current national borders in South Asia are distinguished by two particular features: first, topographic diversity and, second, the arbitrariness by which European colonial powers delineated South-Asian boundaries and imposed their notions of the territorial state. The same applies to the Post-Soviet...

World of Walls

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Said Saddiki (19 avr. 2018)

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Borders have been drawn since the beginning of time, but in recent years artificial barriers have become increasingly significant to the political conversation across the world. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States while promising to build a wall on the Mexico border, and in Europ...

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"We’re going to build a wall.” Borders have been drawn since the beginning of time, but in recent years artificial barriers have become increasingly significant to the political conversation across the world. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States while promising to build a wall on...

Borders beyond borders: Economic grounds for keeping migrants and refugees at bay

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Renaud Bellais (27 sept. 2018)

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Said Saddiki, World of Walls: The Structure, Roles and Effectiveness of Separation Barriers. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2017

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"We’re going to build a wall.” "Borders have been drawn since the beginning of time, but in recent years artificial barriers have become increasingly significant to the political conversation across the world. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States while promising to build a wall o...