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Post–9/11 border security: the boundary between Israeli and Arab-Palestinian lands and the U.S.–Mexico border.
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Political Geography
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political geography The geographic study of politics and political matters.
From the breakup of empires to regional differences in voting patterns, from the drawing of international boundaries to congressional redistricting in the U.S. electoral system, from the resurgence of nationalism to separatist violence, human political behavior is inherently geographical. As geographer Gearóid Ó Tuathail has said, political geography “is about power, an ever-changing map revealing the struggle over borders, space, and authority.”