POSITIVE & NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL BORDERS A border delineates the area under the control of a particular governing body. Because the assembly factors of territories must be settled, exploited, and controlled, they are frequently analyzed in terms of national sovereignty and global economic systems. These strategies are frequently implemented by metropoles that regard the borderlands with a mixture of thrilling suspicion and ignorant disdain. Borders, of course, are not limited to global barriers; they are created and maintained within countries as a result of racial, socioeconomic, and environmental injustices, among other factors. It has been rightfully said that international borderlands may or may not be areas of conflict but what would draw the line of difference would be the positive and negative aspects and impacts associated with international borderlands and surrounding context. Before moving on to understand the positive and negative aspects of international borders, we need to understand the varying border regulations, whether it is an open border or a regulated border or a demilitarized border. (Plonski et al. 2018)
Regulated borders have varying degrees of control over the movement of people and goods between countries and jurisdictions. Most industrialized countries have access rules that include one or more of the following procedures: visa checks, passport checks, or customs checks. Australia, the United States, Israel, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates have some of the most strictly enforced international borders.
An open border is defined as the deregulation or lack of regulation on the movement of people between nations and jurisdictions; this does not include trade or movement between privately owned land areas. Most nations have open borders for travel within their own country, though more authoritarian states, such as the former Soviet Union, may restrict citizens' freedom of movement within their own country.
A demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border that separates two or more nations, groups, or militaries that have agreed to prohibit the use of military activity or force within its boundaries. A demilitarized zone (DMZ) can serve as a war boundary, a ceasefire line, a wildlife preserve, or a de facto international border. The 38th parallel between North and South Korea is an example of a demilitarized international border.
Figure 7 Crossing the bridge into Canada, from the US: Ambassador Bridge, Open Border of India-Nepal Boundary, Indian and Pakistan border officers at the Indian-Pakistan border
Borders impede the free flow of people, goods, and ideas, confining small nations with fewer resources or markets while benefiting large countries with greater access to capital, ideas, and 13
