Border Disputes
A Global Encyclopedia
Volume 1
Territorial Disputes
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Editor
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Border disputes : a global encyclopedia / Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, editor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: v. 1. Territorial disputes v. 2. Positional disputes v. 3. Functional disputes. ISBN 9781610690232 (hard copy : alk. paper) ISBN 9781610690249 (ebook) 1. Boundary disputesEncyclopedias. I. Brunet-Jailly, Emmanuel, 1961editor of compilation.
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Contents
List of Entries
Volume 1: Territorial Disputes
Volume 2: Positional Disputes
Volume 3: Functional Disputes
List of Disputes by World Region
Central America and the Caribbean
Vol. 1: Belize-Guatemala
Vol. 1: Dominican Republic-Haiti
Vol. 1: Guatemala-Mexico: Chiapas and Soconusco
Vol. 2: Costa Rica-Nicaragua: The San Juan River
East and Southeast Asia
Vol. 1: Cambodia-Thailand: Preah Vihear Temple
Vol. 1: East Timor-Indonesia: Oecusse District
Vol. 1: Indonesia-Malaysia: Ambalat
Vol. 1: Japan-South Korea: Liancourt Rocks
Vol. 3: Brunei-China-Malaysia-Philippines-Taiwan-Vietnam: The South China Sea
Vol. 3: China-Japan-South Korea-Taiwan: East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zones
Vol. 3: China-Japan-Taiwan: The East China Sea
Europe
Vol. 1: Cyprus: The Green Line Buffer Zone
Vol. 1: Denmark-Norway: Eastern Greenland
Vol. 1: Finland-Russia: Karelia
Vol. 1: Norway-Russia: The Barents Sea
Vol. 1: Portugal-Spain: Olivena
Vol. 1: Russia-Ukraine: The Tuzla Sand Bar
Vol. 1: Switzerland: Jura-Bern Cantons
Vol. 2: Austria-Germany-Switzerland: Lake Constance (Konstanz)
Vol. 2: Croatia-Slovenia: Dragonja Strip/Piran Bay
Vol. 2: Denmark-Iceland-Ireland-United Kingdom: Faroe Islands and Rockall Islet and Plateau
Vol. 2: Denmark-Iceland-Norway: Jan Mayen Island
Vol. 2: France-Spain: Quinto Real
Vol. 2: Germany-Netherlands: Ems-Dollart Estuary
Vol. 2: Great Britain-Iceland: Cod Wars
Vol. 2: Greece-Turkey: Imia/Kardak Island
Vol. 2: Ireland-United Kingdom: Lough Foyle and Carlingford Lough
Vol. 3: Norway-Russia: Ostrov Viktoriya
Vol. 3: Norway-Russia: The Svalbard Archipelago
North Africa and the Middle East
Vol. 1: Egypt-Israel
Vol. 1: Israel-Jerusalem-Palestine
Vol. 1: Israel-Jordan
Vol. 1: Israel-Lebanon
Vol. 1: Israel-Syria
Vol. 1: Lebanon-Syria
Vol. 1: Morocco-Western Sahara: The Polisario Front
North America
Vol. 2: Canada-United States: The Alaska Boundary
Vol. 2: Canada-United States: The Beaufort Sea
Vol. 2: Canada-United States: Dixon Entrance
Vol. 2: Canada-United States: Machias Seal Island and North Rock
Vol. 2: Canada-United States: The Portland Canal
Russia, Caucasus, and Central Asia
Vol. 1: Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan
Vol. 1: Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Uzbekistan: Ferghana Valley
Vol. 1: Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan: The Sokh Enclave
South America
Vol. 1: Bolivia-Chile-Peru: Sea Access
Vol. 1: Colombia-Venezuela: Coquivacoa
Vol. 2: Argentina-Chile: Southern Patagonia Ice Field
Vol. 2: Bolivia-Brazil: The Surez Islands/Guajara Mirim
Vol. 2: Brazil-Uruguay: Brazilian Island, Masoller, and Mirim Lagoon
Vol. 2: Ecuador-Peru
Vol. 3: Bolivia-Brazil: Pando
Vol. 3: Brazil-Paraguay
South Asia
Vol. 1: Afghanistan-Pakistan: Pashtun
Vol. 1: French Guiana-Guyana-Suriname
Vol. 1: India-Pakistan: Kashmir
Sub-Saharan Africa
Vol. 1: Botswana-Namibia: The Caprivi Strip and Kasikili/Sedudu
Vol. 1: Djibouti-Eritrea: Doumeira
Vol. 1: Eritrea-Ethiopia
Vol. 1: Kenya-Somalia: The Northern Frontier District
Vol. 1: South Sudan-Sudan
Vol. 2: Ethiopia-Kenya-South Sudan: Ilemi Triangle
Vol. 3: Benin-Niger: The Niger-Mekrou Rivers and the Lt Island
Vol. 3: Burundi-Rwanda
International/Cross Regional
Vol. 1: Argentina-Great Britain: Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas
Vol. 1: Argentina-Great Britain: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Vol. 1: Chad-Libya: The Aouzou Strip
Vol. 1: China-Russia
Vol. 1: Cuba-United States: Guantnamo Bay
Vol. 1: France-Madagascar: The Scattered Islands of the Mozambique Channel
Vol. 1: Japan-Russia: Northern Territories/Southern Kuriles
Vol. 1: Mexico-United States: The Chamizal Borderline
Vol. 1: Morocco-Spain: Ceuta and Melilla
Vol. 1: Syria-Turkey
Vol. 2: Canada-Denmark: Hans Island (or Hans )
Vol. 2: Canada-Denmark: The Lincoln Sea
Vol. 2: China-India: Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh Plateaus
Vol. 2: Russia-United States: The Bering Sea
Vol. 2: United Kingdom-United States: San Juan Islands
Vol. 3: Antarctica: The Antarctic Treaty
Vol. 3: Canada-Denmark-Russia-United States: The Northwest Passage
Vol. 3: China-Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan-Russia-Tajikistan
Vol. 3: Colombia-Jamaica-Nicaragua-United States: Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Islands) and Serranilla Bank
Vol. 3: Dominica-Venezuela: Isla Aves/Bird Island
Vol. 3: Russia-United States: The Northern Sea Route
Vol. 3: Trinidad and Tobago-Venezuela: Maritime Borders
List of Primary Document Excerpts
United States Treaty of Paris, September 30, 1783
The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna, 1815
Treaty of Shimonoseki, April 17, 1895
Anglo-Irish Treaty, December 6, 1921
The Treaty of Lausanne, July 24, 1923
Atlantic Charter, 1941
Charter of the United Nations, June 26, 1945
Yalta Conference, 1945
Armistice Agreement between Israel and Syria, July 20, 1949
Agreement between the Republic of India and the Peoples Republic of China, 1954
Border Disputes among African States, Organization of African Unity, 1964
Fisheries Jurisdiction Cases, August 17, 1972
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, December 10, 1982
Proclamation 5928, Territorial Sea of the United States, December 27, 1988
Denmark v. Norway, June 14, 1993
Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island, Botswana/Namibia, February 27, 1998
Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, November 4, 2002
Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger), 2005
Preface
W hy do we need an encyclopedia of border disputes? This encyclopedia is made necessary today because there are border disputes nearly all over the world. Our world of states is changing rapidly, the number of states existing around the world is expanding nearly every year, and, along with this process, there are new borders and new sites of border disputes.
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