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題 名 | Reflecting the Security Border in the Post-Cold War Context |
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作 者 | Laitinen,Kari; | 書刊名 | International Journal of Peace Studies |
卷 期 | 6:2 民90.秋/冬 |
頁 次 | 頁75-95 |
分類號 | 578.183 |
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語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | The Cold War geopolitical order has crumbled. As a consequence the questions related to identity and borders have gained momentum in the politics of Europe as well as throughout the world. This article reflects the changing nature of the concept of security border in the light of ideas of both critical and post-positivist (postmodern) security thinking b i.e. the Post-Cold War security border. Traditionally, security has been seen "only possible for a tightly defined spatial unit endowed with sovereignty." (Agnew&Corbridge 1995, 86) However, the Post-Cold War Era means that the capability of the state to control political space, which is infinite, is extremely doubtful. Thus, in the traditional sense, the security borders are becoming ever harder to define and draw. The empirical dimension and framework of the article is integrating (and enlarging) Europe. Firstly, the article deals with the notion of security border reflecting its construction and underlying assumptions of it. Secondly, the study reflects the ideas based on so-called new security thoughts, i.e. the critical school and postmodern (security) orientation, and how they see the construction of security border. In addition, the article discusses the problematic (positivist) efforts at controlling space and borders. In the debate of the security border the preliminary outlines of the concept of the integrating security border are traced. The article concludes with thoughts on the present development within and integrating Europe, and particularly on the security border concept. |
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