1st Edition

The Christian-Muslim Frontier A Zone of Contact, Conflict or Co-operation

By Mario Apostolov Copyright 2004
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The Christian-Muslim Frontier describes the historical formation of this zone, and its contemporary dimensions: geopolitical, psychological, economic and security. Special attention is given to the concept of state-frontiers, to the effects of the uneven development of nation states and the contemporary interspersing of communities, which creates new functional frontiers. Further, the frontier... Read more

Introduction  1. The Concept of the Christian-Muslim Frontier as a Zone of Contact  2. History of the Christian-Muslim Frontier  3. Modern Nation States and the Frontier  4. Interspersing Communities and the Postmodern Functional Frontier  5. Geopolitics of the Frontier  6. The Christian-Muslim Frontier as a Psychological Creation  7. International Security Dimension of the Frontier  8. The Economic Dimension of the Frontier  Conclusion

Biography

Mario Apostolov currently works for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. He is also a visiting scholar at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, where he took his PhD.