| Table of Contents |
Part I First Contact:
Bringing Together the Worldwide Communities of Border Studies |
| From the Editors |
Akihiro Iwashita, Naomi Chi |
| <Current Trends in Border Analysis> |
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The State of Borders and Borderlands Studies 2009: A Historical View and a View from the Journal of Borderland Studies |
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly |
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From Post-Modern Visions to Multi-Scale Study of Bordering: Recent Trends in European Study of Borders and Border Areas |
Ilkka Liikanen |
| <Borders in Practice> |
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The Scholar-Practitioner Interface in Boundary Studies |
Martin Pratt |
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How to Deal with Border Issues: A Diplomat-Practitoner's Perspective |
Masataka Okano |
| Part II Voices of the Borderlands |
| <Targeting the Heart of Eurasia> |
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Border Politics in South Asia: A Case Study of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan |
Mushtaq A. Kaw |
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Special Status of Tribal Areas (FATA): An Artificial Imperial Construct Bleeding Asia |
Sarfraz Khan |
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Areas Between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Present Turmoil |
A. Ghafoor Liwal |
| <View from the Russian Far East> |
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Global and Regional Dimensions of China's Policy toward the U.S. |
Oleg A. Timofeev |
