Border disputes? Let’s make boundaries irrelevant without changing them: Shivshankar Menon

Do we in South Asia have more trouble with our borders, boundaries and frontiers than other parts of the world, and, if so, why? I think not. Objectively speaking, even subregions where modern boundaries are entirely artificial colonial creations—parts of Africa, west Asia—seem to have less trouble with their frontiers. They seem to find enough other issues to fight their wars over; seldom is it territory, unlike the Indian experience. All independent India’s wars have involved territory in one way or another. Read more…