International & World Politics, History & Theory, Political History, International Relations 

An excellent examination of how the collapse of the Soviet Union and the impact of globalization have brought about changes not only to the territorial configuration sovereignty of states and their boundaries, but also to traditional notions of state, boundaries, sovereignty and social order These essays focus on the key regional and geopolitical characteristics of this global reordering, with an emphasis on Eastern Europe and South Asia. They discuss the territorial reordering which is taking place at the level of the state as boundaries are redemarcated in line with ethno-territoral demands; as borders are transversed by the movement of peoples, information and finance; and as the lines of territorial demarcation are perceived not only in terms of their fixed characteristics but as part of a process through which regional and ethnic identities continue to be formed and reformed. Each section ends with articles which focus on literature on geopolitics and boundaries. This is an invaluable addition to our understanding of contemporary world affairs. - from Amzon 

Part 1 Geopolitics and Globalisation

1.The Worldviews of Small States: A Content Analysis of 1995 UN Speeches Stanley D. Brunn.................................................................................p. 17

2. Ordering the 'Crush Zone': Geopolitical Games in Post-Cold War Eastern Europe John O'Loughlin...................................................................................p. 34

3. Economic Globalisation: Politics and Trade Policy in Ghana and Kenya
Richard Grant.......................................................................................p. 57

4. Geopolitical Change and the Asia-Pacific: The Future of New Regionalism
Dennis Rumley.....................................................................................p. 83

5. Global Stability Through Inequality Versus Peace Processes Through Equality Fabrizio Eva.........................................................................................p. 98

6. Reclaiming Geopolitics: Geographers Strike Back Virginie Mamadouh.....p. 118

Part 2 Boundaries and Territory

7. Borderless Worlds? Problematising Discourses of Deterritorialisation Gearoid O Tuathail (Gerard Toal)..........................................................................p. 139

8. Discourses of Identity and Territoriality on the US-Mexico Border Jason M. Ackleson............................................................................................p. 155

9. African Boundaries and their Interpreters Maano Ramutsindela...........p. 180

10. Common Cause for Borderland Minorities? Shared Status among Italy's Ethnic Communities Julian V. Minghi.............................................................p. 199

11. Bounding Whose Territory? Potential Conflict between a State and a Province Desiring Statehood David B. Knight.....................................................p. 209

12. Seeking the Common Ground Frederick W. Boal..............................p. 239

13. Borders in a 'Borderless' World Victor Prescott................................p. 262