| Description |
xiv, 941 pages : maps ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index |
| Contents |
Afghanistan -- Albania -- Algeria -- Andorra -- Angola -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Argentina -- Armenia -- Australia (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) -- Austria -- Azerbaijan -- The Bahamas -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Barbados -- Belarus -- Belgium -- Belize -- Benin -- Bhutan -- Bolivia -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Botswana -- Brazil -- Brunei -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi -- Cambodia -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Cape Verde -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Chile -- China -- Colombia -- Comoros -- Congo, Democratic Republic of the -- Congo -- Costa Rica -- Croatia -- Cuba -- Cyprus -- Czech Republic -- Denmark (Faroe Islands, Greenland) -- Djibouti -- Dominica -- Dominican Republic -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- El Salvador -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Estonia -- Ethiopia -- Fiji -- Finland -- France (French Guiana : included as a separate entry, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Kerguelen Islands, Martinique, New Caledonia Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futana) -- French Guiana -- Gabon -- The Gambia -- Gaza Strip -- Georgia -- Germany -- Ghana -- Gibraltar -- Greece -- Grenada -- Guatemala -- Guinea -- Guinea Bissau -- Guyana -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Hungary -- Iceland -- India -- Indonesia -- Iran -- Iraq -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy (San Marino, Vatican City) -- Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jordan -- Kazakstan -- Kenya -- Kiribati -- North Korea -- South Korea -- Kuwait -- Krygyzstan -- Laos -- Latvia -- Lebanon -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Liechtenstein -- Luxembourg -- Macedonia -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Malaysia -- Maldives -- Mali -- Malta -- Marshall Islands -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Mexico -- Micronesia -- Moldava -- Monaco -- Mongolia -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Myanmar (Burma) -- Namibia -- Nauru -- Nepal Netherlands (Aruba, Netherlands Antilles) -- New Zealand (Cook Islands, Tokelau) -- Nicarauga -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Norway (Jan Myen) -- Oman -- Pakistan -- Palau -- Panama -- Papua New Guinea -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Qatar -- Romania -- Russia -- Rwanda -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- Saint Lucia -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Samoa -- Sao Tome and Principe -- Saudi Arabia -- Senegal -- Seychelles -- Sierra Leone -- Singapore -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Solomon Islands -- Somalia -- South Africa -- Spain -- Sri Lanka -- Sudan -- Suriname -- Swaziland -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Syria -- Taiwan -- Tajikistan -- Tanzania -- Thailand -- Togo -- Tonga -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Tunisia -- Turkey -- Turkmenistan -- Tuvalu -- Uganda -- Ukraine -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- United Kingdom (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar (included as a separate entry), Guernsey, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Turks and Caico Islands) -- United States (American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands) -- Uruguay -- Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Bank, Westren Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Summary |
"During the post-Cold War period, and despite the development of organisations such as the European Union, international boundaries have become more, rather than less, important. Over 70 per cent of conflicts - ranging from local tensions such as those over Abu Musa, to elements of the macro-political agenda involving the transboundary flows of drugs, arms and terrorism - can be related in some way to boundaries. There is no evidence that globalisation will threaten the existence of the state, and for many reasons - from effective governance to psychological well-being - boundaries are vital to the state. Indeed, it might be said that a state which cannot identify and control its boundaries enjoys less than full sovereignty." "This unique atlas provides a map and site-specific text for each state in the world, including descriptions of all land and maritime boundaries. A geopolitical assessment is made for each boundary, and boundary-related vulnerability of individual states is examined."--Jacket |
| Subjects |
Boundaries
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Boundary disputes
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Geopolitics
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| LC NO |
JC323 .A52 2003b |
| Dewey No |
320.12 |
| OCLC # |
54061586 |
| ISBN |
157958375X |
|
9781579583750 |
| Isn/Std # |
(OCoLC)54061586 |
| LCCN |
2003066780 |
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