strategy
Realigning borders
Synonyms:
Adjusting boundariesTransferring territory
Implementation:
Following the negotiation of a peace treaty between Jordan and Israel in 1994, several hundreds of hectares of former Israeli territory south of the Red Sea have been handed over to Jordan, mostly desert and unpopulated land. In practical terms, Israeli border guards have pulled back from between a few tens of metres to several kilometres, depending on the location, to correspond with the border realignment. Narrower:
Negotiating border disputes Constrained by:
Protecting territory by maintaining natural barriersProtecting sovereignty by enforcing political boundaries Facilitates:
Settling border disputesMinimizing cross-border violenceReducing delays at border crossings Facilitated by:
Declaring peaceAnnexing territoryDemilitarizing a territoryNegotiating conflicting claims to terrestrial territory Problems:
Annexation of territoriesBoundary disputes between states
Exploitation of cross-border differentials
Military manoeuvres in sensitive border areas
Political annexation
References:
Day, Alan J: Border and Territorial Disputes Subjects:
Communication → Communication Government → Nation state
Government → Frontiers
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
