Introduction -- Borders, identity, and geopolitics -- The Border enclaves of India and Bangladesh: The forgotten lands -- The Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan boundary: Stalin's cartography, post-Soviet geography -- The Wakhan Corridor: endgame of the Great Game -- The Caprivi Strip of Namibia: shifting sovereignty and the negotiation of boundaries -- The renaissance of a border that never died: The Green Line between Israel and the West Bank -- Locating Kurdistan: contextualizing the region's ambiguous boundaries -- Russia's Kaliningrad exclave: discountinuity as a threat to sovereignty -- Defining Liechtenstein: sovereign borders, offshore banking, and national identity -- Misiones Province, Argentina: how borders shape political identity -- Point Roberts, Washington: boundary problems of an American exclave -- Conclusion: Borders in a changing global context.