Winston Churchill once said that the only thing that worried him during the war was the U-Boat peril, where he identified the significant threats posed during the World War II by German submarines to the Atlantic lifelines, which was Britain’s lifeline, the loss of which would have resulted in the defeat in the war. The Good cop or the bad cop, that is the game going on at the global level. While one massages the ego, other hints at its demise and vice versa. These are the trends that are seen towards the links established through the economic interdependence amongst the nations, and this shall need substantial changes in their methods to tackle foreign affairs in the coming era.
As the history stands testimonial to the events worldwide, the wars in the past do not seem to have respected the social, political, economic boundaries and have been involved in the conflict mechanisms which has crossed borders in the form of trade and territorial conflicts which has seen several forms such as water issues, refugee influx, criminal groups, psychological and social terrorising, amongst many such issues. It is said that the war is not merely the engagement and employment of force, but it is the existence of the legal paradigm and structure of things where the rights might be prosecuted by establishing the force. This implies that if two nations declare war against one other, the war exists, but does not imply that the force whatever may as yet has been employed.
These conflicts could be a resultant of the policy gaps between the nations, and thus the struggle in the diplomatic relations to maintain international peace and security across the borders, and take essential measures to analyze the situation and intervene in an adequate manner. The proponents and the opponents, both, realize that the warfares such as trade and territorial with the strategies and impacts involved shall result in devastating effects on the world economy, and these wars shall bring the belligerent nations to the bargaining tables which could escalate the conflict and make the situation grave. The reliance on the wars for the conflict resolutions is a dangerous affair and can cause strain into the relationships of the countries.
The borders that have been marked on the maps have their own physical limits which are subjected to the state authorities and provide space for the execution and framework of the policies in the interest of national security. These concerns make the seat of power and security as the prime affairs of international politics. The social, political, cultural and economic relations between the nations can span through the borders. There is a fundamental mismatch amongst the countries across the world over the war threats and conflicts, foreign policies and interventions have been given a significant presence in the balance of the relationships acting as a catalyst. These methodologies assist to sketch the panorama in which the magnitude of the phenomenon is unquestionable.
The conflicts have a tremendous impact on the cause and effect of the policies. Trade war and territorial wars are such situations in which there can be policies in which the nations can either survive together or suffer together. Economic liberty like political liberty is what the nations aspire for and look forward to establishing their supremacy. The appalling reality that is suppressing all the nations worldwide is that the world might come to an end someday, and the peace issues will have to be met across all the boundaries. The calamities could result in desertation, famines, droughts, and the developments shall disappear into the thin shield of air. This shall lead to the trade wars and territorial conflicts on a large scale and the governments shall be faced with the cost of enriching themselves to safeguard themselves from such calamities.
There could be areas where the state’s availability could be weak such as in the remote border areas, and as a result, the areas left with weaker administration. This leads to conflict influx across the territories, and the people in the areas are left vulnerable to meet their ends and thus look across the borders towards other communities for their gains. It is important to understand the potential of this influx of issues which creep in through the borders, and the need of International agencies and organizations to strengthen the nations with peaceful relations and developmental measures between the nations.
There have several instances where the violent acts have intruded the security and peace across the borders and have led to the cross border conflicts, terrorizing the areas, changing the dynamics of the regions such as the roads, military bases, social structure, agricultural terrain, and resources. This represents a picture of the conflicted zones and the areas which require an integrated approach of the nations and to conduct activities which would promote cordial relations across the borderland areas. The regional and multinational engagement in the activities and strategies is essential in promoting global peace and security. Here, the Accord 221 comes into play which promotes cross border community development and establishing peaceful trade relations.
Maps, charts, and plans are some of the wondrous tools for having an understanding of the borders of the countries, the diversities that prevail in the cultures and people, and the strengths of the nations across the various parameters and dimensions throughout the world and how the powers have been distributed worldwide. The power dynamics come to play the role in determining the complexity of issues that a nation faces and deals with and presents a comprehensible image of the matters before the world, which should not distort the peace missions and deliver false mechanisms of maintaining integrity. It is difficult to sight the nations with monoculture identities, instead multicultural identities have become the order of the nations, and this results in significant insights into the observations across the borders in terms of social, economic and cultural distribution of people across the borderlands.
In order to establish effective cooperation with these communities, it is important that the social, political, cultural, economic needs of these people are met, and measures are taken to prevent cross border conflicts which could be seen in the areas of Colombia’s borders shared with Equador and Venezuela, refugees in Malaysia, the middle east conflicts, and others. These showcase and present a picture of how the conflicts have arisen, and how the communities can be involved in taking effective measures to respond to the changing dynamics across the borders. Cooperation and talks can be established for effective support to mitigate the influx of trade and territorial conflicts and strengthening measures can be sought.
Also, the power and politics varies in dimensions across the length and breadth of the territory of the nation which looks into the sectors of health, education, skill development, infrastructure, rural upliftments, amongst several other functionary areas, which most often could be seen on the margins and borders of the nations. This leads to breeding of cross border links and thus the influx of several malpractices and conflicts through the borders, as the communities in these remote areas find it difficult to make their ends meet, without effective political and administration in the areas.
It is said that the good fences make the good neighbors. This has been established through the following Latin phrase ‘Qui desiderat pacem, preparet bellum’ which states that to establish peace, one must be prepared for war, which justifies the arms escalation as a means of deterrence in opposition, though this may include reinforcements and fortifications, but there are other defensive mechanisms which must cooperate to establish peace and integrity on the borders, because it is the international boundaries which determine the positions in the organizations and institutions of international repute.
The jurisprudence associated has changed the political dynamics on the world map and thus, the international issues are heading towards the joint gains across the world with the advent of globalization and liberalization. There are limited resources with the nations due to varied terrains, climates, and zones, and thus, the resources need to be shared to provide the access of the resource availability and utilization to all the people. In order to establish such availability and access, disputes have erupted in the trade and territorial aspects, and thus the conflicts have arisen among the borders and territories.
The conflicts have surfaced further across the borders, as the rights and ownership over some territories have always been under dispute and disagreements have often resulted in war like situations. These could be established with the instances of the conflict between Palestine and Israel which is one of the major discord and a highly complex issue across the globe, where the international institutions have aimed in reaching to substantial solutions and to assist these nations in building up agreements between them. Attempts have been made in order to curb the conflict and establish cordial relations between Israel and Palestine. Various approaches have been engineered across various time dimensions, to reduce the trust deficit between the disputed areas to escalate the standards of peace, positive energy sharing to establish effective communication in the affected zones so that the affected communities could be relieved of the disturbances.
Also, Article 2.4 of the Charter of the United Nations reads as – “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” This implies that no nation and state should act in such a way within its territory which shall directly impact the territorial integrity or political independence of another member state, over the other, which has been a concept stated by the UN General Assembly3 in its 1970 Declaration on Friendly Relations between the nations. It can be seen that the discourse across the border areas affects the international relations between the nations throughout the world. The reason could be ease of transit, the influx of insurgents in the areas, and trafficking through these soft border areas and the communities involved in lure of money, weapons, drugs economic and financial security.
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