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What are the Patterns of Border Conflicts?: Crash Course Geography #37

Today, we’re going to take a closer look at borders and the stories they tell. When we look at a map, the shapes we’re seeing can seem so permanent, but a map is just a snapshot of the Earth at a particular time, and by looking at a country’s shape (and how it has changed across time) we can learn so much about how power moves and the ebb and flow of conflict. We’ll talk about the different types of borders, and power dynamics at play in Armenia and Azerbaijan and even look to the oceans as we explore conflict in the South China Sea.

SOURCES

General

CIA Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/docs/one_page_summaries.html
Getis, Bjelland, and Getis. Introduction to Geography, 15 ed. McGraw-Hill Education. 2017. ISBN: 978-1-259-57000-1
Gregory, Derek, Ron Johnston, Geraldine Pratt, Michael Watts, and Sarah Whatmore, eds. 2009. The Dictionary of Human Geography. 5th ed. Willey-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-4051-3288-6
For a free and open source option for Intro to Human Geography, see:
https://humangeography.pressbooks.com/
For a free and open source option for World Regional Geography, see:
https://worldgeography.pressbooks.com/front-matter/introduction/
Cracking the AP Human Geography Exam: 2020 edition. The Princeton Review.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/disputes-international

South China Sea


https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/territorial-disputes-south-china-sea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea

Armenian/Azerbaijan Conflicts


https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/azerbaijan/
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/armenia/
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/how-azerbaijan-won-karabakh-war
https://www.mei.edu/publications/diplomacy-attrition-how-will-russia-turkey-stand-nagorno-karabakh-play-out
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200721-nakhchivan-the-worlds-most-sustainable-nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic#Nakhchivan_in_the_post-Soviet_era