RT journal article
T1 The Fortification of the Arab States’ Borders in the Sub-Regional Contexts
T2 La fortificación de las fronteras de los Estados árabes en los contextos subregionales
A1 Saddiki, Said
K1 Border
K1 fence
K1 wall
K1 trench
K1 Arab States
K1 regional subsystems
K1 border fortification
K1 immigration and armed groups
K1 Frontera
K1 valla
K1 muro
K1 trinchera
K1 Estados árabes
K1 subsistemas regionales
K1 fortificación fronteriza
K1 inmigración y grupos armados
K1 Frontière
K1 barrière
K1 mur
K1 tranchée
K1 États arabes
K1 sous-systèmes régionaux
K1 fortification des frontières
K1 immigration et groupes armés
AB The post-cold war period has witnessed a remarkable increase of the fortificationand militarization of territorial borders as a direct result of new transnational challenges, includingterrorism, irregular migration, drug trafficking and weapons smuggling. Today, there are about 65border walls around the world; most of them were built in the last three years especially in the ArabWorld and Eastern Europe. Although the fortifications of the Arab States’ borders differ in contextsand reasons, they are generally similar in structure and techniques used in their construction. Theprevention of irregular immigration remains the major goal in the other regions of the world especiallyin North America and Eastern Europe; however, security goals, mainly the prevention of theinfiltration of armed groups, are the main reasons of the fortification of Arab borders. In additionto the security goals, the current Arab border fortifications intend to prevent regular migration,goods smuggling, and drug trafficking. Furthermore, this policy strives, in some cases, to unilaterallyimpose the de facto border. The key question the paper addresses is: to what extent does thisfortification of Arab borders reflect the nature of the existing regional subsystems? The paper takesinto account that Arab regional subsystems are characterized by mutual mistrust and suspicion,which prevent Arab states to adopt common security border policies. In addition, the current borderpolicies are inseparable from the way in which the postcolonial Arab states’ borders were drawn.
PB Editorial UCA
SN 2341-0868
YR 2018
FD 2018-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21680
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21680
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026