WALLED WORLD
Tags: BORDER security; WALLS; GLOBALIZATION
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- BIOMETRIC ELEMENTS USED IN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS. Popescu, Cristian Florin // Journal of Criminal Investigation;2011, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p187
Globalization has made its presence in the field of border crime as well, which, accompanied by the persistence of terrorist threats, have generated a growing concern among developed countries, which led to the adoption of common measures designed to deter, prevent and combat these types of...
- Attitudes, perceptions et opinions concernant la conscience transfrontali�re. Zaharia, Dorel // Philologica Jassyensia;2011, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p381
Denis de Rougemont wrote in 1978 that a cross-border region is defined, first and foremost, by the entire set of common issues which it has to deal with. These issues were related to space, the various sectors of economic, social and cultural activity. Economic re-balancing and cultural...
- Building Walls in the Free World. Ryan, Ross // Peace & Conflict Monitor;Nov2007, p3
The author reflects on the peace implications of the current trend of building walls for security purposes in 2007. Particular focus is given to the advocacy of walls along the U.S.-Mexico border, and in countries such as Iraq and Spain where ethno-national conflict is prevalent. Other reasons...
- ROMAN FRONTIERS. CURRY, ANDREW // National Geographic;Sep2012, Vol. 222 Issue 3, p106
The article looks at the walls built by the Roman Empire along its borders. It notes sections of wall that remain as of the 21st century, citing Hadrian's Wall in England and recounting the role of the Emperor Hadrian in overseeing the construction of boundary walls. It discusses why the empire...
- The Rabbi, the Priest, the Imam and Egypt's Steel Wall. Omer, Mohammed // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;Mar2010, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p11
The article focuses on the steel wall being built by Egypt along its border with the Gaza strip. The wall is intended to keep Palestinians from digging tunnels to smuggle in goods from Egypt. Several personalities have objected to the construction of the wall including Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb,...
- FOWL LINE. Storrs, Carina // Popular Science;Nov2009, Vol. 275 Issue 5, p14
The article discusses the 18-foot wall that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is constructing at the border with Mexico. Concerns are noted regarding the environmental burden that the wall presents to the habitats or migration of threatened and endangered species including jaguars and...
- Tear Down These Walls! Johnson, Jimmy // Against the Current;May/Jun2013, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p36
The article reviews the book "Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, and Israel" by Reece Jones.
- The DHS Border Fence in the Rio Grande Valley. Garrett, Terence; Storbeck, James // Administrative Theory & Praxis (M.E. Sharpe);Dec2011, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p530
The authors call on related theoretical concepts to better understand the effects on the Rio Grande Valley of the U.S. government's recent border security activities. In particular, we explore the consequences of U.S. wall-building policies in terms of semiotics (Baudrillard's simulacra), space...
- Egypt Mulls Buffer Zone on Border with Gaza Strip. // Journal of Turkish Weekly;8/29/2011, p6
Brief information is given from a report in Egypt's Al-Masri Al-Yawm newspaper about the outlook for the Egyptian government to set up a buffer zone to stop drug and weapon smugglers from crossing the border between Gaza Strip and Egypt.
