Our guest: Irasema Coronado, Professor of Political Science and Director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University
In this second part of our podcast, we turn our focus to the pressing environmental and water challenges along the US–Mexico border. We’ll explore the intricate dynamics of water management in an arid landscape, where shared resource like the Colorado River is vital yet increasingly strained by climate change and competing demands. We’ll examine the pivotal role of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America (CEC). Additionally, we’ll highlight the contributions of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and of cross-border social networks. Finally, we’ll discuss innovative policies designed to support borderlanders and promote a sustainable future for the region.
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00:00 Introduction to Part Two
00:48 Key environmental challenges of the US-Mex border
07:31 Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America
10:12 Water scarcity and the Colorado River
12:49 Role of Environmental NGOs
15:41Cross-Border Social and Business Networks
17:34 Innovative Policies Possibilities
19:38 US-Mexico Border in Border and Cross-Border Studies
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Our guest: Irasema Coronado, Professor of Political Science and Director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University
In this podcast, we will explore the complex issues surrounding the US–Mexico border. From the impact of border security on local communities to shared environmental challenges, such as water management, we’ll dive into the issues shaping the region’s social and ecological future. After a global overview of the US-Mex Border, the first part of the podcast will dive into the social challenges that define the region, including the effects of migration policies that shape cross-border movement, the hardening of the border through the Wall and increased enforcement. The borderland is also source of resilience, interdependent economy, and cultural creativity.
Time Markers
00:00 Introduction to Irasema Coronado
01:51 The complex US-Mex border region and its characteristics
05:19 Daily lives, resilience and creativity of borderlanders
08:58 El Paso-Ciudad Juarez as a quintessential borderland
12:00 Governance power and transnational political elites
15:13 Evolution of the Hardening Process of the US-Mex border
19:03 Effects of the Wall and the 2025 security and deportation policies
22:28 Border Mixed Feelings
26:15 Families, Women and Children live at the border
30:53 Social Justice Challenges in the Borderland
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In this second part of the podcast, we examine prospective scenarios for addressing climate challenges within the Anthropocene, an epoch marked by profound human influence on Earth's systems. With Simon Dalby, we will investigate strategies to anticipate and navigate disruptions to political and urban systems, and territorial boundaries driven by climate change. The second part of the podcast mainly focuses on Future scenarios in a Climate-Disrupted World and illuminates pathways for adaptation and offers critical insights into sustainable futures.
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00:00 Future scenarios in a Climate-Disrupted World
09:18 Practical solutions and Governmental actions
17:23 How Humanity can adapt to a changing climate?
24:02 Post-combustion World needed
29:06 Complicated World and Real Challenges
33:27 Climate Justice in the Anthropocene and Human Rights
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In this podcast with Simon Dalby, we explore the intersection of borders and climate change in the Anthropocene era, a period when humans are profoundly shaping the planet. We will analyze how global warming is redefining physical and political borders. Climate effects, environmental security, planetary boundaries, cross-border mobilities, policy innovations are at the heart of the discussion. The Anthropocene requires us to rethink geographical and jurisdictional boundaries in the face of ecological crises. The first part of the podcast mainly focuses on the Anthropocene and Climate Change.
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00:00 Introduction
01:06 The relationship between climate change and the concept of borders
07:05 Anthropocene and Environmental security
12:01 Wildfires in the Anthropocene
17:53 Mobile borders on the Alps
22:10 Indicators of the Planetary boundaries
31:51 Cooperative Strategies to Address Environmental Tensions
39:06 Global community of interests
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Andréanne Bissonnette, Political Science Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Border Policy Research Institute (WWU) and Associate Researcher at the Raoul Dandurand Chair (UQAM);
What are the relationships between Gender Studies and Border Studies? What does the prism of Gender Studies contribute to better understanding border policies and the effects of borders on border areas and marginalized people? In this interview, we will better understand that the relation between these two academic fields is based on the idea that borders, particularly political ones, are gendered and shaped by power dynamics. The intersection of these fields allows us to explore how borders affect individuals differently depending on their gender and identities. This podcast is divided into two parts. The first part is a General overview on Gender and Border Studies. The second part focuses on the relations between Gender Studies and Border Studies in the North American Case Study.
Time Markers
00:00 Introduction to Part 2
0:24 Characteristics of North American region
5:06 Borderlands are neither fully national nor international
8:53 Reproductive rights policies and US-Mexico border
11:50 Impacts of US administration's policies on border management
19:41 Local and innovative initiatives about forms of cross-border governance
25:30 Challenges in overcoming gender injustices in border areas
29:43 Index that assesses the most inclusive borders in the world?
30:28 Borderlands Studies and Innovative ways to support academic research?
33:45 Advice for future generations of researchers in Gender/Border Studies
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Andréanne Bissonnette, Political Science Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Border Policy Research Institute (WWU) and Associate Researcher at the Raoul Dandurand Chair (UQAM);
What are the relationships between Gender Studies and Border Studies? What does the prism of Gender Studies contribute to better understanding border policies and the effects of borders on border areas and marginalized people? In this interview, we will better understand that the relation between these two academic fields is based on the idea that borders, particularly political ones, are gendered and shaped by power dynamics. The intersection of these fields allows us to explore how borders affect individuals differently depending on their gender and identities. This podcast is divided into two parts. The first part is a General overview on Gender and Border Studies. The second part focuses on the relations between Gender Studies and Border Studies in the North American Case Study.
Time Markers
00:00 Our Guest today: Andréanne Bissonnette
1:38 Origin of Gender Studies and relations with Border Studies
6:57 Intersections of gender and border concepts in contemporary research
13:00 Feminist geopolitics and territory-body-power relationships
21:20 Main challenges in border areas facing by women and gender minorities
27:25 Current migration policies and gender inequalities
35:31 Intersectional theories and the analysis of border areas
42:43 Gender and border studies towards inclusive public policies
46:11 Most controversial debates in Gender and Border Studies today
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The Māori are Indigenous Polynesian peoples with distant roots in the Lapita civilization. First inhabitants of what is called New Zealand, they arrived there more than 1000 years ago. The Māori people is a minority, it forms about 18% of the New Zealand population. In this podcast, we will talk about the anthropological, political and legal history of New Zealand, the context of the declaration of independence (in Māori He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni), the treaty of Waitangi, the societal organization of the people Māori (Iwi, Whanau, Hapu) and relations with colonial institutions. An extensive discussion about Māori culture, social boundaries between different Māori tribes and the importance of genealogy, the involvement of Māori culture within the governance of customs borders and the perspectives of indigenous peoples in research on borders.
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00:00 Intro
01:32 Our Guest: Thomas Tawhiri – Indigenous Māori, Custom Manager & Researcher in Indigenous Studies
04:38 Specificities of New Zealand in relation to borders
07:22 Māori life prior to European contact
10:35 What does the word “Māori” mean?
13:09 Navigation high technology of Polynesian peoples
18:18 The naming of New Zealand with the Māori name Aotearoa
23:02 The context of “declaration of independence” (He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni) signed in 1835 and 1839
31:44 The Treaty of Waitangi and the juridical debates linked to the differences in terminology. The Māori version speaks only of 'kawanatanga'.
40:54 Social units rooted in relationships and blood relationships
48:52 What is Mana?
52:37 Existence of complex social interactions and territorial boundaries between Māori Clans
57:21 Tribal Naming of Places, and Land Occupation, as Indicators of Tribal Borders
1:01:42 Māori territoriality and the New Zealand current legal system
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Country of 27 million inhabitants, in the Himalayan mountain range, Nepal shares a border with India for 1690 km and with China for nearly 1,200 km. The majority of the inhabitants live in the south of the country (along the Indo-Nepalese border) and in the Kathmandu valley. Nepal became a republic in 2008 and the country adopted a new Constitution in 2015 which provides for a federal-type state, organized around 7 provinces which have their own assembly and executive power. A podcast about the State of Nepal, internal bordering processes, the marginalized people at its borders, notably the Madhesi People, and also the relations with India and China..
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00:00 Our Guest today: Kalpana Jha
01:12 Cross-Border Unformal Networks and the shaping of Border Region
03:15 Interests of the Socio-Legal Approach for the Border Studies
05:59 Border, Legal Line of Separation, but also Living Region per se
10:22 How to Manage the Nepal Diversity?
13:10 Nepal: From Kingdom to Federal-type State.
18:30 Relations between Nepal and India
22:30 Nepal-India Border: An Open Border at the Daily Level
25:52 A Huge Wall on the Nepal-India border?
30:33 Cross-Border Governance of Rivers and Political Challenges
36:07 Nepal-China Relations Through Himalayas
41:59 Transboundary Infrastructures and Neighbouring Hard Powers
46:29 The Madhesi People Movement and Diversity of Nepal
50:17 Internal Bordering Processes and Geographical Features
56:15 The Identity of Madeshi People
1:00:23 Madeshi People as Transnational Community
1:04:40 New Legal and Political Recognition
1:06:01 Scenarios for Borderlanders and Cross-Border Communities
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Following the first Part of our interview, this second part of the podcast focuses mainly on the notion of extra-territorial jurisdiction with the examples of certain States, the European Union and even private global firms. What do state borders mean in a world where thousands of different jurisdictions overlap, serve multiple functions, and take multiple forms? The theme of this podcast explores the concept of jurisdiction in light of Border Studies, state territorial sovereignty and the normative power of the State which can extend beyond borders. It allows us to better understand the variable function of legal limits of borders.
TIME MARKERS
00.00 Introduction
00.28 The general rules on extra-territorial State jurisdiction and the Lotus Case (1927)
05.28 The three main types of jurisdictions of the States (prescriptive, enforcement, adjudicatory)
11.47 Competition and Conflict between Jurisdictions and the question of their conciliation
17.23 The extraterritorial normative power of the European union
24.26 The extraterritorial normative power of the USA and the notion of undesirable effects
29.18 Digital Empires, Global Companies and Private non-territorial Jurisdiction
33.40 Indigenous Peoples Jurisdictions
35.56 The links between Jurisdiction Complexities, Borders, and Border Studies
38.57 Conclusion
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What do state borders mean in a world where thousands of different jurisdictions overlap, serve multiple functions, and take multiple forms? The theme of this podcast explores the concept of jurisdiction in light of Border Studies, state territorial sovereignty and the normative power of the State which can extend beyond borders. There are several types of jurisdictions. Territorial jurisdiction refers to the power of a state to enforce its laws within its geographic boundaries, while extraterritorial jurisdiction refers to the ability of a state to extend its laws beyond its borders often due to particular links, such as actions having effects on its nationals or its interests abroad (and this extraterritorial jurisdiction also concerns other entities such as the EU, or even certain global private firms). This topic raises complex questions regarding sovereignty, human rights, international cooperation and the regulation of transnational activities. It allows us to better understand the variable function of legal limits of borders. The first part of the podcast mainly focuses on the notion of jurisdiction and jurisdiction of a territorial nature.
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00:00 Introduction
01:56 The importance of the category of territory and territorial sovereignty
03:23 The limitations of the sovereignty of the State in its own territory
05:56 The social constructed meaning of territoriality
08:52 What does the term of “jurisdiction” mean?
11:15 The links between the notion of jurisdiction and the border between States
13:38 The major theoretical debates on the nature of State jurisdiction
18:00 The history of the territoriality/extra-territoriality couple and decoupling
23:13 Civil law, criminal law, public law and private law and the notion of jurisdiction
25:47 Effects of Globalization on the Territorial Principle
28:58 Politicization of the tool of Jurisdiction and “economic war”
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Dans notre monde interconnecté, les frontières entre États jouent un rôle fondamental, mais leur histoire est souvent méconnue. Ces lignes sur la carte représentent des histoires de conflits, de négociations, de cultures en interaction et d'identités façonnées au fil du temps. Pour explorer cette thématique fascinante, nous avons le plaisir d'accueillir Claire de Blois, Enseignant-Chercheur, spécialisée dans l’histoire du droit et des frontières pour une période bien spécifique 1648-1815, et qui a d’ailleurs fait une thèse sur ce thème. C’est une période fondamentale pour l’histoire du droit des frontières car c’est le moment de la naissance des frontières modernes, du concept moderne de frontière. Dans cette seconde partie du podcast, nous allons explorer la construction juridique des frontières modernes: limite territoriale étatique et frontière linéaire.
TIME MARKERS
00:00 La construction progressive de la conception moderne de frontière
04:49 Double vision : La frontière déterminée par le droit; L’exercice du droit délimité par la frontière
07:23 Le processus et les finalités de la rationalisation des frontières
12:18 L’émergence du critère de la linéarité
14:33 Détermination (échanges de territoire), délimitation (tracé de la frontière) et démarcation (matérialisation de la frontière)
15:33 Le traité de Nimègue de 1678 et la frontière qui répond à une logique territoriale
16:59 Les politiques frontalières : le rôle des intérêts défensifs des Etats dans la frontière-ligne
21:08 Les politiques frontalières : le rôle des intérêts économiques et commerciaux des Etats dans la frontière-ligne
24:04 L’importance de la cartographie dans la production de connaissance juridique des frontières
28:19 Le débat sur le concept de « frontières naturelles » dans l’histoire du droit des frontières
33:24 Le rôle majeur de l’outil diplomatique des commissions de délimitation
40:36 Le rôle des populations locales dans la désignation des limites d’autorités
44:01 La définition finale du « concept moderne de frontière » en droit
51:19 Conclusion
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Dans notre monde interconnecté, les frontières entre États jouent un rôle fondamental, mais leur histoire est souvent méconnue. Ces lignes sur la carte représentent des histoires de conflits, de négociations, de cultures en interaction et d'identités façonnées au fil du temps. Pour explorer cette thématique fascinante, nous avons le plaisir d'accueillir Claire de Blois, enseignant-chercheur en droit public à l’Université d’Orléans - Centre de recherche juridique Pothier -, spécialisée dans l’histoire du droit et des frontières pour une période bien spécifique 1648-1815, et qui a d’ailleurs fait une thèse sur ce thème. C’est une période fondamentale pour l’histoire du droit des frontières car c’est le moment de la naissance des frontières modernes, du concept moderne de frontière. Dans cette première partie du podcast, nous allons examiner l’histoire des frontières modernes à la lumière de l’histoire du droit.
TIME MARKERS
00:00 L’histoire des frontières modernes à la lumière de l’histoire du droit
02:24 L’intérêt de l’histoire du droit pour l’étude des frontières
05:48 La méthodologie historique et les sources juridiques et diplomatiques
07:28 La frontière, objet pluridisciplinaire
08:39 L’originalité de la recherche historique et juridique
09:46 La justification de la recherche sur la frontière de nature terrestre et la période 1648-1815
16:43 D’où vient le terme de frontière ?
19:50 Les relations et distinctions sémantiques entre la « frontière » et la « limite »
22:41 Une évolution du concept de frontière dans l’édition de 1718 du Dictionnaire de l’Académie française
24:46 Les formes de la frontière qui précèdent les Traités de Westphalie
28:39 L’association des dimensions de la ligne et de la zone dans une frontière complexe
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Ports of Entry (PoE) are vital nodes of global connectivity, they serve as entry and exit points for global trade. Ports (seaports, airports, …) often serve as checkpoints for the movement of people and goods, they are interfaces between land territories and maritime/air spaces which symbolize the meeting between cultures and economies, but also the challenges linked to national security and border regulation. With the rise of connectivity and digitalization, PoE face increasing challenges in data management and cybersecurity. With the AI and new technologies, a new paradigm is emerging with new concepts as federated learnings, trusted networks, and signal risk sharing. We will discuss all this, borders and globalization 2.0 with Alan D. Bersin.
TIME MARKERS
01:33 The role of Ports of Entry in the Global Supply Chain
12:00 Key Policy Elements Involved
24:43 Managing the different laws and jurisdictions in terms of Global Data Protection
29:35 Role of Regions in Globalization 2.0 and Concrete examples of Ports of the Future
35:50 Global Environmental Sustainability Challenges
39:50 Learnings from Ports of Entry for the Border Studies
#31 BIG Podcast - “Democracy, Migration Studies and Border Studies: Gaps and/or Bridges” - With: Oliver Schmidtke, Political scientist, Director of the Center for Global Studies – Victoria, Canada; (PART 2)
Classically, Migration Studies explore all mobility regimes of human groups. There is a spectrum of public policies ranging from the migration of high-skilled workers to refugees. For the Migration Studies, national borders provide a form of social closure. Traditionally, Borders refer to issues that are fundamental to political community (state sovereignty, territorial delimitation, national security, political identity). And for this reason, borders are also instruments for regulating flows, policy tool for inclusion/exclusion. Several authors have pointed out a form of gap between Border Studies and Migration Studies. That there was a lack of cross-fertilization between these two research traditions. And some populist and nationalist discourses can exploit the ambivalence of the borders and the confusion around it. We will discuss about all the relations between democracy, migration and borders and get answers with Oliver Schmidtke.
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00:22 Crisis of Democracy and the Political Question of the Boundaries of Shared Collective Identity
6:17 Relations between Democracy and the Growth of Nationalism and Populism
10:12 Cleisthenes and the question of the delimitation of a “Demos”
14:53 What is happening in Europe? New Geography of Political Discontent and Skepticism about Democratic Practices?
19:17 Nativism Activism and the threats against Democracy in Europe
23:15 Populism and the concept of Popular Sovereignty
27:28 Neoliberalism against Democracy and the Right-Wing Nationalism
31:31Different Types of Democracies, Cross-Border identities and the Role of Memory
38:52 Importance of Academic Research and Future of the Center for Global Studies
#30 BIG Podcast - “Democracy, Migration Studies and Border Studies: Bridges and/or Gaps” - With: Oliver Schmidtke, Political scientist, Director of the Center for Global Studies – Victoria, Canada; (PART 1)
Classically, Migration Studies explore all mobility regimes of human groups. There is a spectrum of public policies ranging from the migration of high-skilled workers to refugees. For the Migration Studies, national borders provide a form of social closure. Traditionally, Borders refer to issues that are fundamental to political community (state sovereignty, territorial delimitation, national security, political identity). And for this reason, borders are also instruments for regulating flows, policy tool for inclusion/exclusion. Several authors have pointed out a form of gap between Border Studies and Migration Studies. That there was a lack of cross-fertilization between these two research traditions. And some populist and nationalist discourses can exploit the ambivalence of the borders and the confusion around it. We will discuss about all the relations between democracy, migration and borders and get answers with Oliver Schmidtke.
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03:34 The Links between Migration Studies and Border Studies
07:16 Migration Studies and the concept of Border
13:16 Liberal paradox, Physical Walls and Administrative Walls
20:41 Ethical Challenges and The Hardening of Borders
26:58 No Borders and Mutual Assistance at Borders in Migration Studies
33.32 National Imagination of Borders and Migrations
With: David J. Breeze – British archaeologist and scholar of Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine's Wall and the Roman army; Chairman of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies from 2000 to 2015
A second wall was built to the north of Hadrian's Wall from 141-142 AD until 155 AD but was abandoned militarily in 164. This is the Antonine’s Wall (three meters high with a fence along the top, length of approximately 60 km with seventeen forts, other ‘fortlets’ and ramparts built from layers of turf and bordered north by a ditch 12 m wide at the top with a depth of 4 m; with also one military path south of the rampart, bath-houses, barracks, and around 7,000 soldiers living all along). Unlike Hadrian, Emperor Antoninus (reigned 138–161) never set foot in the province of Britannia. By ordering the construction of this wall further north, Antoninus therefore modified Hadrian's legacy in terms of frontier policies. What functions did the borders of the Roman Empire have? What functions did Hadrian's Wall have? Can the frontiers of the Roman Empire be considered strict separations between the civilized (Roman) world and the world of the barbarians ("qui barbaros Romanosque Divideret")? How is archeology an interesting and relevant discipline for Border Studies? We will discuss all this and get answers with archeologist David J. Breeze.
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00:01 How was a normal day in Hadrian's Wall camp or fort? Vindolanda Tablets Answers.
07:44 Archeological Evidence of Customs Relations at the Frontiers?
10:36 Antonine’s Wall/ Hadrian's Wall: Comparison
19:41 The great flexibility of the Romans in the organization of their numerous and diverse frontiers
24:56 Fall of the Roman Empire: Which borders were the most difficult and fragile to defend?
30:00 Frontiers of the Roman Empire and UNESCO World Heritage Sites
32:37 How is archeology an interesting and relevant discipline for Border Studies?
With: David J. Breeze – British archaeologist and scholar of Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine's Wall and the Roman army; Chairman of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies from 2000 to 2015
The history of the Roman Empire is intertwined with the control of the entire Mediterranean Sea and reached at its peak 5 million km² for 60 million inhabitants. The empire was heterogeneous and expanded through conquests and was maintained through a network of frontiers and a system of friendly, allies or “client” states (reges amicique populi Romani). Due to rebellions from some tribes as the Brigantes, and after having visited the Danube and Rhine frontiers, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (reigned 117–138) came to Brittania in July 122 BC. By ordering the construction of the Wall (between 122 – and maybe before according to certain authors – and 127 AD), Hadrian put an end to the territorial expansion of the Roman Empire. In short, Hadrian adopted a policy of protecting frontiers without expansion. What functions did the borders of the Roman Empire have? What functions did Hadrian's Wall have? Can the frontiers of the Roman Empire be considered strict separations between the civilized (Roman) world and the world of the barbarians ("qui barbaros Romanosque Divideret")? How is archeology an interesting and relevant discipline for Border Studies? We will discuss all this and get answers with archeologist David J. Breeze.
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Time Markers:
00:00 Intro with David J. Breeze
01:41 State of Archeological Knowledge of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire
05:13 The Functions of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire
13:15 Roman “limes” and Empire's defensive systems?
20:10 Organization of the Roman army on the frontiers and the question of what is beyond the frontiers
27:12 Emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) and the Frontiers of The Roman Empire
36:57 Hadrian’s Wall: history of archaeological research and the functions of the wall
The Nation-State model is built on the synchronization between a so-called state territory and a so-called national population. The mechanical imposition of this specific model has led to serious conflicts in certain parts of the world. What are the consequences of this model on the design of the country's borders? How to organize borderlands while avoiding conflicts with neighbors? With Nick Megoran, this podcast (in 2 parts) is an opportunity to talk about several original practices such as condominiums, joint development zones, territorial leasing, enclaves, the exchange of territory, statutory autonomy, free and customs zones, law of neighborliness, mobile borders, decoupling of international borders from other functional or administrative limits, juridical, fiscal and economic cross-border cooperation. So many illustrations that allow us to think differently about sovereignty and state borders. Transboundary Cooperation transcend the Border Nation State System. Sovereignty doesn’t have to be Zero-Sum.
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Time Markers:
00:00 Cross-border cooperation legal tools (Ex: Local Cross-border Cooperation Group (GLCT) of The Greater Geneva ; European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) of “Cerdagne Hospital”)
04:12 Cross-border tax cooperation between Geneva/France; Economic Co-Development of the Columbia River between Canada/USA
07:33 Luxembourg, Cross-Border Workers, Teleworking, Fiscal Challenges and Legal Solutions
09:03 Cross-Coordination for Whom?
13:40 Law of neighborliness and 4 fundamental rules for contiguous States
16:03 Examples of “Quinto Real”, “Mundat forest”, and the “free zones of Pays de Gex and Haute-Savoie”
23:28 Mobile Watershed lines on the Mountains and Mobile Borders in the Rivers
26:10 Transboundary Cooperation transcend the Border Nation State System
28:12 Added Value of Political Geography for Border Studies
The Nation-State model is built on the synchronization between a so-called state territory and a so-called national population. The mechanical imposition of this specific model has led to serious conflicts in certain parts of the world (we will discover the ancient situation of Denmark/Germany border and the current one of Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan border). There have been several ways of thinking and representing the construction of this nation-state with its constituent factors, its regime of political sovereignty and territorial boundaries: community of origin, community of language, community of interests and values, cultural homogenization, elective community, common history and territorial patriotism but also imagined community. What are the consequences of this model on the design of the country's borders? How to organize borderlands while avoiding conflicts with neighbors? With Nick Megoran, this podcast (in 2 parts) is an opportunity to talk about several original practices such as condominiums, joint development zones, territorial leasing, enclaves, the exchange of territory, statutory autonomy, free and customs zones, mobile borders, decoupling of international borders from other functional or administrative limits, juridical and economic cross-border cooperation. So many illustrations that allow us to think differently about sovereignty and state borders. Sovereignty doesn’t have to be Zero-Sum. Borders don’t have to be Walls and Barriers.
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Time Markers:
00:00 Intro
01:53 Our Guest today: Nick Megoran
03:28 The Nation-State Model and its links with Borders
07:13 Denmark/Germany Schleswig War and Modern State Building Challenges
15:57 Condominium; Joint development Zone; Territorial Leasing
22:21 Cross-Border Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan) facing National Bordering Processes
29:14 Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan Border Clash and the Overcome of the Violence by Open Borders
32:34 Bilateral Exchange of Lands and International Boundary Delimitation (Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan; Eritrea/Ethiopia)
37:09 Enclaves/Exclaves : Pros and Cons
42:23 Enclaves Patchwork between Netherlands and Belgium in Baarle and Common Services Successes
45:43 Cross-Enclaves Fireworks Businesses and The Rule of Front Door for Citizenship
48:51 Autonomous status and the Example of Åland Islands (part of Finland Territory but Swedish Official Language)
50:16 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Situation
50:50 Example of 1923 Lausanne Treaty and Greece/Turkey Population Exchange: Ethnic Cleansing as one of the Darkest Side of The Nation State
The Māori are Indigenous Polynesian peoples with distant roots in the Lapita civilization. First inhabitants of what is called New Zealand, they arrived there more than 1000 years ago. The Māori people is a minority, it forms about 18% of the New Zealand population. In this podcast, we will talk about the anthropological, political and legal history of New Zealand, the context of the declaration of independence (in Māori He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni), the treaty of Waitangi, the societal organization of the people Māori (Iwi, Whanau, Hapu) and relations with colonial institutions. An extensive discussion about Māori culture, social and territorial boundaries between different Māori tribes and the importance of genealogy, the involvement of Māori culture within the governance of customs borders and the perspectives of indigenous peoples in research on borders.
Time Markers:
00:00 The role of the Māori People in terms of customs borders
05:55 WorldView of Māori People regarding the phenomenon of Borders?
07:52 New Zealand Customs and Māori responsiveness
10:04 The governance of New Zealand's borders at the time of Covid
13:52 International trade partners with New Zealand and the Māori People
19:56 Main challenges facing New Zealand's borders
22:42 Military history of Māori during the 2 World Wars
28:01 Learnings about Borders from Indigenous Perspectives and Indigenous contributions on Borders
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