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Examines the nature & impact of recent global shifts in the structures & meanings of borders. Although precisely defined & mutually exclusive territories characterized the world prior to & during the Cold War, recent shifts in the world territorial order have had tremendous impact on the social & political organization of contemporary nation-states. A rise in transborder phenomena has challenged the fixed & unchanging nature of national power, & fixed territorial boundaries are increasingly irrelevant in considerations of economic & social events. It is suggested that debordering processes across the globe have led to increased debordering of the global order. At the economic, social, political, & territorial levels, borders are becoming more permeable as the process of globalization proceeds, creating space for new forms of political organization & action. Although debordering has been accompanied by attempts at demarcation, it is concluded that interdepenence & fluid boundaries have become the standards of global organization. T. Sevier