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(0)Klaus Dodds
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books, a division of Diversion Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In an era of climate change, resource scrambles and digital revolution, when nations are rejecting open borders and turning inward, what will become of our borders? In Border Wars, Professor Klaus Dodds takes us on a journey into tomorrow's geopolitical conflicts. From no man's lands to the space race, we discover how the best-known border conflicts of our age are intensifying, and explore the dangerous and often unexpected sites of border conflict...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy -- for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle; for countries like Canada, Russia, the United States, and Denmark, such discussions are based in competition for land and resources; for indigenous communities, those discussions are also rooted in issues of rights. These shifting lines are only made murkier by the threat of global...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 171
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Geopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity. In certain places such as Iraq, Lebanon, or Israel, moving a few feet either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between place and politics. Even far away from these 'danger zones' - in Europe or the US for example - geopolitics remains an important...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 687
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state-change. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. A warming Arctic brings with it the spectre of costly disruption and interference in indigenous lives and communal welfare. For others, the disappearance of sea ice makes the Arctic appear more accessible and less remote. This also brings with it dangers such...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 323
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
