Table des matières
1. Israel and the Fencing Policy
- Separation Barriers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Dispersion of Population and Annexation of Territory
- The West Bank Separation Wall
- Map and Structure of the West Bank Separation Wall
- Goals of the West Bank Separation Wall
- Effects of the West Bank Separation Wall
- The Social Impact
- The Economic Effects
- The Environmental Cost
- The Effect on Jerusalem
- The International Legal Status of the West Bank Separation Wall
- Gaza Fences
- De Facto Borders: Similar Purposes in Different Contexts
- Lebanon-Israel Border Fences
- Egypt’s Underground Wall
- Sinai Fence
- Jordan-Israel Border Fence
- Israeli Military Barriers in the Occupied Arab Territories
- Bar-Lev Line: The End of a Myth
- Golan Heights Fence
- Conclusion
2. Border Fencing in India
- Indian Borders between Colonial Legacy and Complex Cultural Makeup
- India-Bangladesh and India-Pakistan Borders: Territorial Disputes and Cultural Misunderstandings
- India-Bangladesh Border
- India-Pakistan Border
- India-China Border: A Fault Line between Two Regional Powers
- India-Myanmar, India-Nepal and India-Bhutan Borders: Quiet and Stable
- India-Myanmar Border
- Indo-Nepal Border
- Indo-Bhutan Border
- The Fencing of the Indian Borders: One Policy and Different Contexts
- Fencing of the Indo-Bangladesh Border
- Fencing the India-Pakistan Border
- Fencing the Myanmar-India Border
- Conclusion
3. The Fences of Ceuta and Melilla
- Fences of Ceuta and Melilla: A Controversial EU Border
- A Fault Line between Two Different Spheres
- Ceuta and Melilla: An Unresolved Issue
- Europeanization of Ceuta and Melilla Fences: A Paradox of EU Foreign Policy
- Changing Roles of Ceuta and Melilla Fences
- Preventing Irregular Immigration: Towards “Fortress Europe”
- A Relative Geopolitical Importance
- Perpetuating the Current status quo: The Long-Term Goal
- Conclusion
5. The Wall of Western Sahara
- A Glance at the Western Sahara Issue
- The Western Sahara Region’s Historical Ties to Morocco
- The UN and the Western Sahara Issue
- Status of the Western Sahara Wall
- The Original Function: The Western Sahara Wall as a Defensive Military Instrument
- Current Function: The Berm as a Landmark of the Ceasefire Monitoring Agreement
- New Functions of the Western Sahara Wall
- The Prospects of the Western Sahara Wall
- Separation of the Western Sahara Region: An Unrealistic Solution
- Moroccan Autonomy Initiative: A Middle-ground Resolution
- Continuation of the status quo
