The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries
The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries explains why some borders deter insurgents, smugglers, bandits, and militants while most suffer from infiltration and crisis. Grappling with an issue at the core of the modern state and international security, George Gavrilis explores border control from the 19th century Ottoman Empire to 21st century Central Asia, China, and Afghanistan. Border control strategies emanate from core policies of state formation and the local design of border guard institutions. Secure and open borders depend on institutional design, not on military power.Based on research in numerous border regions, this book advances the study of the state, local security institutions, and conflict and cooperation over border control. It holds critical lessons for policymakers and international organizations working to enhance border security in dangerous regions.
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The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries
The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries explains why some borders deter insurgents, smugglers, bandits, and militants while most suffer from infiltration and crisis. Grappling with an issue at the core of the modern state and international security, George Gavrilis explores border control from the 19th century Ottoman Empire to 21st century Central Asia, China, and Afghanistan. Border control strategies emanate from core policies of state formation and the local design of border guard institutions. Secure and open borders depend on institutional design, not on military power.Based on research in numerous border regions, this book advances the study of the state, local security institutions, and conflict and cooperation over border control. It holds critical lessons for policymakers and international organizations working to enhance border security in dangerous regions.
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The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries

The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries

by George Gavrilis
The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries

The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries

by George Gavrilis

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The Dynamics of Interstate Boundaries explains why some borders deter insurgents, smugglers, bandits, and militants while most suffer from infiltration and crisis. Grappling with an issue at the core of the modern state and international security, George Gavrilis explores border control from the 19th century Ottoman Empire to 21st century Central Asia, China, and Afghanistan. Border control strategies emanate from core policies of state formation and the local design of border guard institutions. Secure and open borders depend on institutional design, not on military power.Based on research in numerous border regions, this book advances the study of the state, local security institutions, and conflict and cooperation over border control. It holds critical lessons for policymakers and international organizations working to enhance border security in dangerous regions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521898997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 09/22/2008
Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics (Hardcover)
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

George Gavrilis is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. In 2009, he served as an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations. His previous positions include Director of Research for the CFR Oral History Project, Columbia University, New York; Associate Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University; and National Security Postdoctoral Fellow, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University, Massachusetts. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Washington Quarterly, PS: Political Science and Politics, and American Behavioral Scientist. He has conducted research in the Middle East, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the Balkans.

Table of Contents

1. The trouble with borders; 2. Four claims about interstate boundaries; 3. Border guards, bandits, and the Ottoman-Greek boundary regime in the nineteenth century; 4. The view from above; 5. State formation and Central Asian peripheries in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; 6. The view from below; 7. Implications and interventions.
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