Nothing serves to remind us of the instability of the "globalized" order as much as the continuing power of territorial boundaries to spawn political and humanitarian crises. This text discusses and continues the work of Gerald Blake, one of the leading researchers in this field.

For the growing number of professionals in conflict management, international humanitarian law, the law of the sea, environmental law, and energy law, and for workers in such diverse fields as natural resource management and forced migrations - as well as for specialists in the Middle East, Africa, and South East Asia - these revealing essays should offer a wealth of valuable information and insight.

Political Geography and Territorial Issues. From 'Moribund Backwater' to 'Thriving into the Next Century': Political Geography at the Turn of the Millennium
D. Newman. The Practice of Islamic States in Resolving Boundary Issues: Is There a Regional 'Islamic International Law'? J. McHugo. The Fine Line Between Peace and War: Reflections Upon McLaren's 'Neighbours' for What It Suggests About the Role of Territory in Conflict
D. Knight. States of Segregation
S. Waterman. Political Stamps of the Arab World: 1950-1999
S.D. Brunn. GIS as a Tool for Territorial Analysis and Negotiations
W. Wood, R. Milefsky. International Maritime Boundaries. The Development of Maritime Zones and Boundaries from 1964 to the Present
C. Carleton. The Negotiation of Maritime Boundaries
D.Anderson. Evidence Before International Tribunals in Maritime Delimitation Disputes
R. Bundy. The Marine Political Geography of Scotland
H. Smith. Maritime Boundary Claims and Disputes in the Adriatic Sea
M. Klemencic, C. Schofield. The Sector Principle of Arctic Jurisdiction: A Notion Apart
B. Dunlap. International Land Boundaries. Boundaries as Demographic Divides
J. Clarke. After Judgment Day
T. Daniel. A Neo-Realist Analysis of the Politico-Spatial Objectives of 'African Renaissance' Discourse in Southern Africa
R. Griggs. South Africa's Internal Boundaries: The Spatial Engineering of Land and Power in the Twentieth Century
A. Lemon. Demarcation of the Northern Section of the Burma-Thai Boundary, 1892-2000
V. Prescott, S. Davis Forced Migration and Contested Sovereignty Along the Thai-Burma/Myanmar Border
C. Grundy-Warr. Decentralisation and Citizen Participation in Transboundary Water Management: Lessons from Hungary and Mexico
S. Mumme, V. Assetto. Transborder Peace Parks: The Political Geography of Cooperation (and Conflict) in Borderlands
N. Kliot. The Middle East. The Geopolitics of the Levant
W. Harris. Village Boundaries as a Factor in Delimiting International Boundaries in the Middle East
G. Biger. The Making of an Israeli-Palestinian Boundary
M. Brawer. The Green Line Revisited: October 2000
G. Falah. Oman's Foreign Population: A Geographic and Demographic Profile
A. Drysdale. Hydropolitics and Environmental Degradation in the Aral Sea Basin--The Legacy and the Future
P. Beaumont.