Fall for the Book: The New Border Wars
Friday, October 22, 2021 12:00 PM EDT
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In The New Border Wars: The Conflicts That Will Define Our Future, Klaus Dodds examines the changing meaning of borders, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, Palestine to Pakistan, and more. This geopolitical investigation covers the evolution of natural borders due to climate change and dangerous conflicts like the Gaza Strip. Geographical Magazine says, “This book could hardly be more timely… [Dodds] underlines the realpolitik of the world’s borders as entities that are both contested and (at least in normal times) surprisingly fluid.” Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and has served in an advisory capacity to NATO. He will be in conversation with Hilton Root, a policy specialist in international political economy and development.
Klaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway University of London and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has held visiting fellowships at the Universities of Oxford, Loughborough and Canterbury in New Zealand as well as taught at the Cambridge University and George Washington University. In 2021-22, he will be a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Poland which teaches the next generation of European Union diplomats. His many books include Ice: nature and culture (Reaktion 2018) and Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press 2019 third edition). Outside of academia, he has worked as a specialist adviser for the UK Parliament and served in an advisory capacity to NATO.
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