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Borderlines and borderlands : political oddities at the edge of the nation-state

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Diener and Hagen as mentioned in this paper discussed the role of borders in identity, identity, and geography in a changing global context, and defined Liechtenstein's Kaliningrad Exclave as a threat to sovereignty.
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Borders, Identity, and Geopolitics Alexander C Diener and Joshua Hagen Chapter 2: The Border Enclaves of India and Bangladesh: The Forgotten Lands Reece Jones Chapter 3: The Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Boundary: Stalin's Cartography, Post-Soviet Geography Nick Megoran Chapter 4: The Wakhan Corridor: Endgame of the Great Game William C Rowe Chapter 5: The Caprivi Strip of Namibia: Shifting Sovereignty and the Negotiation of Boundaries Robert Lloyd Chapter 6: The Renaissance of a Border That Never Died: The Green Line between Israel and the West Bank David Newman Chapter 7: Locating Kurdistan: Contextualizing the Region's Ambiguous Boundaries Karen Culcasi Chapter 8: Russia's Kaliningrad Exclave: Discontinuity as a Threat to Sovereignty Alexander C Diener and Joshua Hagen Chapter 9: Defining Liechtenstein: Sovereign Borders, Offshore Banking, and National Identity Robert Ostergren Chapter 10: Misiones Province, Argentina: How Borders Shape Political Identity Eric D Carter Chapter 11: Point Roberts, Washington: Boundary Problems of an American Exclave Julian V Minghi Chapter 12: Conclusion: Borders in a Changing Global Context Alexander C Diener and Joshua Hagen

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