Tag: Borders

Watch: Should Borders Matter?

August 12, 2021

Is there any moral distinction between a political refugee and an economic migrant? If people have the right to exit a country, why not a right to enter? Do nations have the right to protect the affluence of their citizens? And is there such a thing as a ‘national identity’?

These are just some of the questions addressed by Prof Sandel in this first edition of The Global Philosopher.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03njc35

Throughline Podcast: The Invisible Border (Ireland)

August 12, 2021

Today, the border that divides Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is “soft”, in most places you could almost forget that it’s there. But for decades it was a deadly flash point in the bitter conflict known as “The Troubles”. This week, we share an episode from Today, Explained that takes a look at the history of this conflict and how Brexit could jeopardize a fragile peace.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/809768491/the-invisible-border

For Thousands of Years, Egypt Controlled the Nile. A New Dam Threatens That.

August 12, 2021

Ethiopia is staking its hopes on its $4.5 billion hydroelectric dam. Egypt fears it will cut into its water supplies. President Trump is mediating.

The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the $4.5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — Africa’s largest, with a reservoir about the size of London — has become a national preoccupation in both countries, stoking patriotism, deep-seated fears and even murmurs of war.

Inside the Hunt for the World’s Most Dangerous Terrorist

August 12, 2021

Terrorism online presented a new twist—never before had the United States been involved in a conflict where the enemy could communicate from overseas directly with the American people. And just months before I arrived at the FBI in 2007, working as a special counsel and later chief of staff to Director Robert Mueller, a new online tool named Twitter launched. We had no idea then how much power it would give to online extremists.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/21/junaid-hussain-most-dangerous-terrorist-cyber-hacking-222643/