For the past two decades, a resurgence of borders has been observed. On the one hand, this is shown by the remarkable increase in border controls, border walls and fortified border installations. On the other hand, however, it shows above all the progressive proliferation or multiplication of borders: they penetrate far into the spectrum of society, they manifest themselves very differently and figure spatially fragmented. This transformation of the border is no longer tangible with the familiar concept of the line, but is reflected in interconnected materialities, localizations, temporalities, corporealities, discourses, and multiple efficacies. These new forms of the border are not only challenging for political actors; also border scholars who engage with the changing border realities are confronted with new conceptual challenges.
Geopolitics of the European Union: Transformation of EU’s External Borders in the Context of Changing Global Order
The ongoing changes in the structure of the global order have resulted, especially recently, in border processes in Europe taking place in a new international environment. Immigration crises resulted in border restrictions on many European borders. The lecture aims at debating new approach to studying border dynamics in Europe, revisiting the traditional approaches of international relations studies and combining them with (until-)recently dominating border studies perspective(s).
Jarosław Jańczak – political scientist, Europeanist, researcher of borders. His academic interests focus around the themes of borders and border areas within the context of European integration processes.
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