A political look at territory
6:41pm
Wednesday, 19th February 2003
Maps are politically loaded. Although in the West we often regard international borders as permanent, in some areas they are new and still disputed. The importance of this is shown by the range of border/sovereignty disputes around including Iraq-Kuwait, Ethiopia-Eritrea, Morrocco-Western Sahara and Gibraltar. This old, but good, article in Le Monde Diplomatique highlights some of these concerns. Read it here.
Maps are politically loaded. Although in the West we often regard international borders as permanent, in some areas they are new and still disputed. The importance of this is shown by the range of border/sovereignty disputes around including Iraq-Kuwait, Ethiopia-Eritrea, Morrocco-Western Sahara and Gibraltar. This old, but good, article in Le Monde Diplomatique highlights some of these concerns. Read it here.
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