Border Problems in Central Asia and Opportunities to Solve Them (original) (raw)

Государственные границы в Азии

Введение в исследования границ, 2015

В этой главе будет дан краткий обзор государственных границ в Азии. Поэтому первая наша задача состоит в том, чтобы определить, что следует считать границами самой Азии, так как ее положение как «Другого» Европы часто принимается за нечто само собой разумеющееся. Названные термины берут свое начало в Древней Греции, отсылая к двум берегам водных путей, соединяющих Мраморное море с Босфором, Черным и Азовским морями, и как заметил Тойнби, «ошибка географа заключается здесь в попытке перевести утилитарный элемент навигационной номенклатуры на язык политики и культуры» 1 . Аргументы географов XIX в., таких как Александр фон Гумбольдт и Оскар Пешель, в пользу того, что Европа была лишь продолжением Азии, показывают, что это разделение является произвольным, но натурализовавшимся благодаря многократному использованию. Именно путем такой натурализации Европа в значительной степени вытеснила понятие «христианского мира» как «сплоченного культурного региона» 2 .

Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Migration for Central Asia

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Borderland Studies in International Relations: Space and Time in Thai-Lao Relations

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