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Europe now effectively means only "Western Europe", with member states of the EU policing their borders, both actually and conceptually, against aliens and the threat of aliens.
Because all countries are members, the UN enjoys a global standing that gives its decisions and actions a degree of authority that no individual government enjoys beyond its own borders.
China is aggressively pursuing its territorial claims in the South China Sea – including by militarizing disputed areas and pushing its borders far out into international waters – despite an international arbitral ruling invalidating them.
If Europe is unable to find a coordinated solution to this problem and enforce a common external border, the Schengen Agreement will collapse and internal borders between the EU member states will reappear.
With its current levels of immigration, America is one of the few developed countries that may avoid demographic decline and keep its share of world population, but this might change if reactions to terrorist events or public xenophobia closed the borders.
But France’s woes are also being felt far beyond its borders, sparking rumors of a possible devaluation of the CFA franc, the common currency of the franc zone, which comprises 14 African countries and the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Because of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s relentless revanchism, Russia’s borders with NATO are now the sites of the most extensive military buildup since the Cold War.
Thus, “Russia annexed Crimea in response to…NATO’s obvious attempt to move too close to Russia’s borders and push Russia’s fleet out of the Black Sea.”
The world has two chief aims in the area between Cairo and Teheran: to maintain peace in the wider Middle East so that oil flows freely through the Persian Gulf; to steer the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians toward a settlement that guarantees the safety of Israel in its internationally recognised borders, while meeting the Palestinian people’s legitimate national aspirations for their own state.
For centuries, Japanese minds, and Japanese borders, were distinctly closed.
For one thing, the US, like some parts of Europe, is now at risk of entering its own period of closed minds and closed borders.
Parliament watered down a proposal for far-reaching pension reform to the point that it borders on useless, and repeated promises to stop subsidizing wasteful energy consumption through low gas prices have not been honored.
The only possible explanation lies in the Chinese government’s struggle to control the Shenyang Military District, which borders North Korea.
Palestine’s quest for statehood within the borders of June 4, 1967, falls squarely within international law.
In fact, a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders is exactly what US President Barack Obama has called for.
The Arab League initiative, which was also approved by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, embraces a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, but goes one step further, calling for a “just” and “agreed upon” solution to the thorny Palestinian refugee issue.
With an unprecedented number of people uprooted by political instability, conflict, or persecution and forced to seek protection beyond their countries’ borders, the inadequacy of international responses has been laid bare.
For eurozone citizens who do not speak a major language, especially English, mobility across national borders within the single-currency area is limited at best.
While some aspects of culture are becoming globalized, variation across borders in Europe is far greater than it is between US states.
If you look at the new map of Europe, it is obvious where the focus must be: Northwest Russia already shares borders with both the EU and NATO (a fact often missed by those who argue against "expanding NATO right up to the borders of Russia").
The increased movement of players across borders has already contributed to a convergence among countries’ skill levels, reflected in the declining dominance of traditional powerhouses like Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
And the temptation to pursue shortsighted solutions – such as closing borders and implementing protectionism – will become irresistible.
To be sure, Putin is nowhere near securing a return to the Soviet Union’s imperial days in the Middle East – not least because Russia’s capacity to sustain a military operation beyond its borders remains severely limited.
Clearly, no final agreement on water will be possible until there are agreed-upon borders between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine, and some resolution of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
For example, establishing a functioning government in Libya will require international assistance, including a joint force comprising the United Nations, the Arab League, and the African Union, as well as an arrangement among Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia to monitor and control borders and maritime access.
Yet, under her leadership, the Fund adjusted a program so that Jordan’s government could spend more to help those displaced by conflict in Syria and Iraq (more than a million of whom are housed in camps within its borders).
Presumably, Blair is not proposing to the Palestinians the creation of a state before an agreement is reached on final borders.
Any Palestinian state should be within the 1967 borders (as adjusted through negotiation).
Of course free trade exists in principle, but there are often important snags at borders and within countries.
In a recent report, we found that the fairest and most effective way to allocate and tax corporate profits is to treat multinationals as single firms doing business across international borders.
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