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Jan 15, 2021 · Ultimately, nationalism is a psychological aberration. We owe it our ancestors and to our descendants – and to the Earth itself – to move beyond it. Research shows that when people feel ...
- Countries
Turks have called their country Türkiye since 1923. Chris...
- Globalisation
Top contributors. Jennifer Johns Professor of Management,...
- Nationalism
Top contributors. Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager Associate...
- Interdisciplinary Research
Top contributors. Steve Taylor Senior Lecturer in...
- Borders
The U.S.-Mexico border as seen with a thermal camera in...
- Early Humans
Top contributors. Michael Petraglia Director, Australian...
- Countries
Jan 21, 2021 · An increased sense of insecurity brings a stronger need for conceptual labels to strengthen our sense of identity. We also feel the impulse to gain security through the feeling of belonging to a ...
- Travel Between Countries
- Border Protection
- Border Disputes
Sometimes borders fall along natural boundaries like rivers or mountain ranges. For example, the boundary between France and Spain follows the peak of the Pyrenees mountains. For part of its length, the boundary between the United States and Mexico follows a river called the Rio Grande. Borders—especially borders for countries—affect travel. Border...
Countries protect their borders for several reasons. This is especially true in areas where two or more countries have fought over the same land. Cambodia and Thailand are countries in Southeast Asia. They have disputed the territory of the Preah Vihear Temple for more than a century. Sometimes, borders keep citizens from leaving a country. Nations...
Many border disputes happen when people fight over natural resources. Natural resources are anything a person can use that comes from the natural environment. The countries of Sudan and Egypt have argued for years over a region called Hala'ib. Hala'ib is rich in the mineral manganese, a natural resource. Manganese is important for making iron and s...
Dec 5, 2019 · Rich states lease land for various purposes from neighbors, such as the Bintan Resorts on an Indonesian island, which are owned, regulated and controlled by neighboring Singapore. China is using its economic might to use land in Africa for agriculture and to extract minerals. Embassies and military bases often have complicated jurisdictional ...
Jul 23, 2020 · That is, at least in theory, a group of people must first see themselves as having a right to self-determination, after which a new border may be born. Scholars of secession assume the logical and temporal priority of the people to the border even if a territorial split does not take place—as divisions among peoples remain within the country’s borders.
Apr 14, 2020 · 2. Alaska, United States. Photo: Maridav /Shutterstock. The United States’ 49th state, Alaska is the world’s largest exclave — it is roughly one fifth the size of the rest of the country. A Russian colony from 1744 to 1867, when it was purchased by the US, Alaska was made a state in 1959.
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Jan 15, 2021 · Rusty Schweikhart, a member of the 1969 Apollo 9 space mission, explained how when he looked at the Earth from space, he experienced a profound shift in perspective. Like most of us, he was ...
