Border Politics

In the light of mass migration, the rise of nationalism and the resurgence of global terrorism, this timely volume brings the debate on border protection, security and control to the centre stage of international relations research. Rather than analysing borders as mere lines of territorial demarcation in a geopolitical sense, it sheds new light on their changing role in defining and negotiating identity, authority, security, and social and economic differences. Bringing together innovative and interdisciplinary perspectives, the book examines the nexus of authority, society, technology and culture, while also providing in-depth analyses of current international conflicts. Regional case studies comprise the Ukraine crisis, Nagorno-Karabakh, the emergence of new territorial entities such as ISIS, and maritime disputes in the South China Sea, as well as the contestation and re-construction of borders in the context of transnational movements. Bringing together theoretical, empirical and conceptual contributions by international scholars, this Yearbook of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs offers novel perspectives on hotly debated issues in contemporary politics, and will be of interest to researchers, graduate students and political decision makers alike.

Offers novel empirical and theoretical perspectives on the changing role of borders in international conflicts Presents regional case studies, which give in-depth insights on current international conflicts such as the Ukraine crisis, the emergence of ISIS, and maritime disputes Focuses on the nexus of politics, society, culture and technology

Autorentext

Cengiz Gunay is a Senior Researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (oiip) and lecturer at the University of Vienna. He specializes in the transformation of statehood, the role of non-state actors and Euro-Mediterranean relations. His regional areas of expertise are the Mediterranean and specifically Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia. Cengiz Gunay has published a wide range of articles, two monographs, policy analyses and policy briefs on these questions. He has initiated and co-authored the Add-OnYearbook of the oiip series.

Nina Witjes is a Research Associate at the Research Group Innovation, Society and Public Policy, Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS), Technical University Munich. Until May 2016, she was a researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, heading the research group on Science, Technology and Foreign Policy. She holds an MA in Development Studies from Vienna University and is currently pursuing her dissertation on Science, Technology and International Relations. Her main areas of interest are satellite imagery analysis and visual securizitation, geospatial big data and crisis response, geopolitical infrastructures as well as conceptual intersections of Science Technology Studies (STS) and Security Studies.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: BORDERS: LINES OF CONFLICT AND IDENTITY FORMATION.- Chapter 2: Changing Modalities of Power in the Twenty-first Century.- Chapter 3: Border disputes through ill-defined borders: Maritime territorial conflicts and their impact on security.- Chapter 4: Border (power) politics reborn in the refugee crisis Contested lines of demarcation and the re-emergence of identity conflicts: The Case of Serbia and Croatia.- Part 2: PRACTICES OF BORDER CROSSING AND BORDER MAKING.- Chapter 5: Reframing Migrant Smuggling as a form of Knowledge: A view from the US-Mexico Border.- Chapter 6: Humanitarian Borderwork.- Part 3: EUROPEAN BORDER POLITICS.- Chapter 7: The Politics of Digital Borders.- Chapter 8: Politics of the Schengen/Dublin system: the case of the European migrant and refugee crisis.- Chapter 9: The Meaning of Borders for National Identity and State Authority.- Part 4: BORDERS BEYOND THE NATION STATE.- Chapter 10: Beyond borders: subcultural theory and the transnational jihadi identity in Europe.- Chapter 11: The depth of borders beyond the state: Analytical, normative and epistemic challenges of study.- Chapter 12: The Border Within: Immigration Policymaking In Europe and The Role of Science.