open borders – NAOC

Andi Asimetaj Editors' Forum Lira Loloci Marissa Young

Open Borders?

For this week’s Editors’ Forum, we asked our NAOC Program Editors to make the case for or against open borders.

Lira Loloci Society, Culture, and Security

Beyond “Imagined Communities”

Why is it that some nations have so much wealth and some are poor? Do current economic formations have roots in historical processes? Lira Loloci gives us a postcolonial examination of the immigration regimes.

Africa Asia-Pacific Canada Christopher Scarvelis Development Energy & Resources Europe Intelligence & National Security Investment migration Refugee Security, Trade and the Economy Southeast Asia The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Western Europe

Open Borders, Part II: Brain Drain

In Part Two, Christopher Scarvelis offers an opposing viewpoint on the prospect of opening country borders.

Africa Asia-Pacific Canada Christopher Scarvelis Development Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia Energy & Resources Europe Global Governance Intelligence & National Security International Law & Policy Investment Latin America migration Security, Trade and the Economy Southeast Asia The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Western Europe

Open Borders, Part I: Can Removing Immigration Policies Double World GDP?

In Part One of his two-part series, Christopher Scarvelis discusses a perspective in favor of opening country borders.