Borders and identities - Let us change our way of thinking

The real problem does not stem from the issue of borders. Borders will always exist, even in the globalised world. “There are no problems with borders. There are only problems with nations.” (Ancel 1938, 196)

Republished by RIAC Russian International Affairs Council

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Note: This is a translation of an article originally written in French and published in

“Les frontières revisitées”, sous la direction de Jean-Paul Chagnollaud et Xavier Richet, L’Harmattan, Paris, 2020 (Partie III, p.165-179).