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1. THE RIGHT TO MOVE

Author

Healy, Hazel

Subjects
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects, Refugees -- Statistics, Human rights -- Analysis, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Apartheid, British colonialism, Citizenship, Conferences and conventions, Prime ministers, Rich people, Ministers (Clergy), Social sciences
Abstract

People have always moved and cultures have always mingled. So why the myopic obsession with borders, asks Hazel Healy On 11 November 2019, three prime ministers took to the stage [...]

Published
2020

2. Tales from the Border: Patagonia has long been a site of struggle between the state authorities of Argentina and Chile, and the people who have always inhabited these austral lands, many of whom fail to see why lines on a map should restrict more loosely defined cultural geographies

Author

Benwell, Matthew and Nunez, Andres

Subjects
Patagonia -- Strategic aspects, Indigenous peoples -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Political violence -- History, Hunting and gathering societies, Geography
Abstract

The border separating Argentina and Chile in Patagonia is a relatively recent political phenomenon first established in the early 20th century and subject to alteration and arbitration into the 21st [...]

Published
2019

4. 'Suwalki Gap' is strategically key to Russia's efforts to keep Belarus as an ally of the Kremlin

Author

MacKinnon, Mark

Subjects
Presidents (Government) -- Foreign policy -- Powers and duties, Russian foreign relations, Belarusian foreign relations, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: MARK MacKINNON, Staff SUWALKI, POLAND -- Lead This quiet city in the northeast of Poland wishes it was renowned for its vast parkland of glittering lakes and rugged hills [...]

Published
2020

5. 'Torn apart' by Brexit: Northern Ireland residents fear border could reignite violence

Subjects
Northern Ireland -- Strategic aspects -- History, Brexit -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Customs administration -- Political aspects, Mural painting, Bombs, Violence, Rifles, Firearms, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, European Union -- Membership
Abstract

Byline: CBC NewsThe murals outside the small offices of dissident republican group Saoradh give the first hint not all is well in Londonderry, Northern Ireland's second-biggest city, also known as [...]

Published
2019

6. Irish Border Continues To Be A Sticking Point In A Brexit Deal

Subjects
Brexit -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Prime ministers, General interest, European Union -- Membership
Abstract

HOST: STEVE INSKEEPSTEVE INSKEEP: Prime Minister Theresa May won this vote. Parliament crushed her Brexit plan but voted yesterday to support her trying again. She now heads off to Brussels [...]

Published
2019

7. Pandora's box; Serbia and Kosovo

Subjects
Presidents (Government) -- Foreign policy, Serbian foreign relations, Prime ministers -- Foreign policy, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Autonomy (Political science), Kosovan foreign relations, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Leaders of Kosovo and Serbia talk about swapping land THE end of the Yugoslav wars 20 years ago left hundreds of thousands of people in states they did not regard [...]

Published
2018

8. Outgunned; Russia and NATO

Subjects
Presidents (Government) -- Speeches, lectures and essays -- Military policy, Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects -- International aspects, United States foreign relations, Russian foreign relations, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Nuclear deterrence -- Political aspects -- International aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international, North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The Atlantic alliance faces superior conventional forces near Russia's borders BOASTING about nuclear weapons is something Vladimir Putin clearly enjoys. In his annual state-of-the-nation speech on March 1st, he listed [...]

Published
2018

9. A futile family feud; Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Subjects
Qatar -- Political aspects, Saudi Arabia -- Political aspects, Qatari foreign relations, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Saudi Arabian foreign relations, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Its neighbours cut off tiny Qatar TRIBAL feuding among the Al Thanis, Al Khalifas, Al Sabahs and Al Sauds has been the norm for centuries. From their beginnings in Nejd, [...]

Published
2017

10. Why Boris Johnson is already clashing with Ireland over Brexit

Author

O'Grady, Siobhan

Subjects
Ireland -- Political aspects, Brexit -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Domestic policy, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Legislators, Autonomy (Political science), General interest, News, opinion and commentary, European Union -- Membership
Abstract

Byline: Siobhán O'Grady In his first address to lawmakers as the newly appointed prime minister of Britain last week, Boris Johnson made one thing clear: He does not support the [...]

Published
2019

11. A Look At What Happens On The Other Side Of the U.S. Border In Mexico

Subjects
Mexican-American border region -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Mexican foreign relations, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=634696291 BYLINE: ARI SHAPIRO HOST: AUDIE CORNISH AUDIE CORNISH: Borders are two-sided. And to tell the full story of what's happening on the [...]

Published
2018

12. Who will pay for that wall?

Author

Markusoff, Jason

Subjects
Concrete walls -- Government finance, Balance of trade -- Political aspects -- United States -- Mexico, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

'Mexico!!!!' bellowed the crowd at every Donald Trump campaign rally, after the candidate asked this question. He'd often ask it a few times, a call-and-response that always riled his base. [...]

Published
2016

13. Bannon, Priebus and Pence at CPAC; Speaker Ryan Tours the Southern Border

Subjects
Conservative Political Action Conference -- 2017 AD, United States foreign relations, Presidential aides -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, President of the United States -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Border security -- Political aspects -- Planning, Mexican foreign relations, Vice President of the United States -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Walls -- Political aspects -- Planning, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Speakers of the House of Representatives (U.S. federal government) -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Powers and duties, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE, GUEST HOST: Welcome to 'Hannity.' Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon is making headlines for going after the media at CPAC. I'm Kimberly Guilfoyle, in for Sean. So [...]

Published
2017

14. New governor could reshape state for years: At stake is who will preside over redrawing of political boundaries

Author

Salzer, James

Subjects
Governors -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Political campaigns, Gubernatorial candidates -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: James Salzer One of the least talked about but possibly most politically far-reaching issues in this year's race for governor is how the outcome could affect which party dominates [...]

Published
2018

15. RISKY BUSINESS AT THE BORDER

Subjects
Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico
Abstract

For companies that operate along the California-Mexico border, NAFTA has created new opportunities -- and hazards. Until details of a new agreement emerge, anxiety prevails for business owners Tamsin McMahon [...]

Published
2018

16. The Brexit talks didn't collapse this week, but when Boris Johnson became Tory leader

Author

Bush, Stephen

Subjects
Ireland -- Strategic aspects, Brexit -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Powers and duties, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Political parties, Infrastructure (Economics), Literature/writing, Political science, Conservative Party (United Kingdom) -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Abstract

Contrary to what you might have read, this wasn't the week in which the Brexit talks died. That happened on 24 July, when Boris Johnson became leader of the Conservative [...]

Published
2019

17. An unserious country

Subjects
Ireland -- Strategic aspects, Brexit -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Prime ministers -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

In July 2018 at a private dinner at the Institute of Directors, Boris Johnson invited his audience to imagine 'Trump doing Brexit'. He elaborated: 'He'd go in bloody hard. There'd [...]

Published
2019

18. Three Amigos Summit: What Trudeau, Obama and Pena Nieto agreed on

Subjects
Presidents (Government) -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Climate change -- Political aspects, International security -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Trade agreements -- Political aspects, Human rights -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: CBC News What did the Three Amigos discuss? The talks hadn't even started between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto when [...]

Published
2016

19. If you build it, they might not pay

Subjects
Walls -- Planning -- Economic aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

As Donald Trump continues his crusade to make the world think he is temperamentally unsuited to be president, one of his signature moves has finally caught up with him: his [...]

Published
2017

20. Kosovo and Serbia might redraw their border. Could this keep them from going to war?

Author

Johnson, Carter

Subjects
Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Boundary disputes -- Political aspects, Property law -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Carter Johnson Last month, national security adviser John Bolton said the United States 'would not stand in the way' of a land swap deal between Serbia and Kosovo. Recent [...]

Published
2018

21. Trump's strange comparison of the Korean DMZ and Mexican border crosses a line

Author

Taylor, Adam

Subjects
Korean Demilitarized Zone -- Analysis, President of the United States -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Public relations -- Social policy, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Immigration policy -- Political aspects, Company public relations, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Adam Taylor In a wide-ranging speech ostensibly about his infrastructure agenda on Thursday, President Trump compared the U.S.-Mexico border unfavorably with the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that runs between North [...]

Published
2018

22. Trump concocted a story about a border agent's death. The truth won't catch up

Subjects
Border patrols -- Death of, President of the United States -- Public relations, Accidental falls -- Investigations -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Company legal issue, Company public relations, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

This is the autopsy of a lie. On the night of Nov.18, Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez was found dying on the side of an interstate in West Texas. There [...]

Published
2018

23. Trump pushes back on chief of staff claims that border wall pledges 'uninformed'

Author

O'Keefe, Ed

Subjects
United States foreign relations, Presidential aides -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, President of the United States -- Records and correspondence -- Political activity, Mexican foreign relations, Walls -- Political aspects, Trade agreements -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico
Abstract

Byline: Ed O'Keefe White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly told Democratic lawmakers Wednesday that some of the hard-line immigration policies President Trump advocated during the campaign were 'uninformed,' [...]

Published
2018

24. Irish troubles: Leo Varadkar has done his absolute best to damage Brexit

Author

Halligan, Liam

Subjects
Ireland -- International economic relations, United Kingdom -- International economic relations, Brexit -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Civil servants, Political parties, Referendums, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science, European Union -- Membership
Abstract

How did we get into this Brexit mess? Why is it proving so difficult to leave the EU? Was it Theresa May's botched 2017 election, which vaporised her Commons majority? [...]

Published
2018

25. Beware a Brexiteer who feels betrayed

Author

Forsyth, James

Subjects
Ireland -- Strategic aspects, Tariffs -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Brexit -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science, European Union -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration
Abstract

It is sometimes tempting to imagine that the Brexit negotiations will follow the course of a Sunday night TV drama: weeks of suspense, then everything is miraculously resolved with five [...]

Published
2018

26. Trump Takes On Border, Agents Back Out Of Event; Donald Trump Threatens Third Party Run; Prosecutor: Autopsy Shows Sandra Bland Died

Subjects
Death -- Investments, Women prisoners -- Death of, Autopsy -- Analysis, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Cemeteries -- Social aspects -- Religious aspects -- Demonstrations and protests, Presidential candidates -- Political activity, Company investment, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

[19:00:08] KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: OUTFRONT tonight, Donald Trump taking on the southern border. But his trip hit a snag before it even began. And all the buzz seems to [...]

Published
2015

27. EDITORIAL: Politicians shouldn't draw political boundaries

Subjects
United States. Supreme Court -- Political activity, Political parties -- Wisconsin, Gerrymandering -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Business, General interest, Business, regional, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity -- Political aspects
Abstract

Nov. 27--It's time for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question of political gerrymandering. And, it's time for Wisconsin to take the process of drawing political boundaries out [...]

Published
2016

28. Concrete divisions: The US-Mexico border

Author

Granados, Samuel, Murphy, Zoeann, and Schaul, Kevin

Subjects
United States foreign relations, Mexican foreign relations, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Samuel Granados, Zoeann Murphy and Kevin Schaul A debate over extending the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has been a noisy centerpiece of this year's presidential election. A journey [...]

Published
2016

29. Ireland is a Brexit wild card

Author

Booth, William

Subjects
Brexit -- Economic aspects -- International aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, European Union -- Economic policy
Abstract

Byline: William Booth CULLAVILLE, Northern Ireland - Back during the Troubles, the border here was a treacherous place, a briar patch of watchtowers and customs posts, and rough smuggling clans [...]

Published
2016

30. Only Separation Can Lead to a Two-State Solution

Author

Herzog, Isaac

Subjects
West Bank -- Strategic aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Arab-Israeli conflicts -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Jerusalem -- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict in its post-1967 incarnation has been raging for nearly 49 years, with no solution in sight. Several Israeli prime ministers, including Ehud Barak and Ehud [...]

Published
2016

31. I swam from the U.S. to the Soviet Union. Then the world changed

Author

Cox, Lynne

Subjects
Russian foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Swimming -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Lynne Cox Thirty years ago this Monday, I swam from the United States to the Soviet Union. The water was 38 degrees Fahrenheit, and I was wearing just a [...]

Published
2017

32. With NAFTA in Trump's crosshairs, Mexico's border factories brace for the unknown

Author

Jan, Tracy

Subjects
United States foreign relations, President of the United States -- Trade policy, Mexican foreign relations, Trade agreements -- Political aspects, International trade -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, International trade, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico
Abstract

Byline: Tracy Jan EL PASO -- If you sleep on a memory foam mattress, chances are good that its fabric cover was made here in a small factory in this [...]

Published
2017

33. The border question can be solved, but only once Britain understands what the Irish want

Author

Bew, John

Subjects
Ireland -- Political aspects, Brexit -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- Political aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

One of a number of reasons why I voted Remain in the EU referendum was concern for the uneasy equilibrium that has existed in Northern Irish politics since the 1998 [...]

Published
2017

34. Russia Makes New Claim to Expanse in the Arctic

Author

Kramer, Andrew E.

Subjects
Arctic Ocean -- International aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Continental shelves -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

CORRECTION APPENDEDMOSCOW -- Russia formally staked a claim on Tuesday to a vast area of the Arctic Ocean, including the North Pole. If the United Nations committee that arbitrates sea [...]

Published
2015

35. Build the wall

Subjects
United States foreign relations, Mexican foreign relations, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Immigration policy -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Just because Donald Trump isn't qualified to be president -- and just because much of his agenda is hateful and undesirable -- doesn't mean that everything he says is automatically [...]

Published
2016

36. Four Norwegians were arrested for throwing stones at Russia

Author

Taylor, Adam

Subjects
Russian foreign relations, Norwegian foreign relations, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Misdemeanors -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Adam Taylor The land border between Russia and Norway is about 120 miles long, with the entire border in the Arctic Circle. While it was once had some military [...]

Published
2016

37. Papal visit to border expected

Subjects
Popes -- Planning, Boundaries (Geography) -- Political aspects, Papal visits -- Planning, Company business planning, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

NEW YORK -- A Honduran cardinal who is a top adviser to Pope Francis said he expects the pope to travel to Mexico's border with the U.S. when he visits [...]

Published
2015

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