Grænsen som fredens projekt

Forfattere

  • Cathal McCall

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v52i4.130830

Nøgleord:

grænseoverskridende samarbejde, fredsopbygning, europæisk integration, Nordirland, brexit

Resumé

Fredsopbygning i europæiske grænselande kræver kontakt, det kræver kommunikation, og det kræver samarbejde på tværs af statsgrænser og på tværs af etniske og nationale skel. Respekt for kulturelle forskelle er det ledende princip for dette projekt, hvor klager over naboen bliver adresseret, og stereotyper udfordret med det formål at tackle angst og mistro. Ikke desto mindre har EU’s økonomiske fokus krydret med det 21. århundredes fokus på ”sikkerhed” betydet, at det grænseoverskridende samarbejde forstået som fredsopbygning er et tilsyneladende forladt håb bag ”Europas døre”. Schengens grænseregime og den europæiske naboskabspolitik er tvillingedynamikker, som efter sigende sikrer EU’s ”eksterne fronter” mod (forestillingen om) en række fjender på flere fronter – internationale terrorister, omstridte migranter og transnationale gangstere – og tilsvarende underminerer dette sikkerhedsregime ”den bløde grænse-tilgang” til fredsopbygning på tværs af netop disse fronter. I konteksten af grænsers genkomst kunne den europæiske integration meget vel ændre sig fra mellemstatslig og grænseoverskridende fredsopbygning til, at der igen appelleres til Europas arv af grænsekonflikter og tvangsforanstaltninger på bekostning af freden.

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Dokumenter

X: http://www.nicva.org/sites/default/files/d7content/attachments-resources/peace_iv_report_-_final_1_4.pdf and https://www.osce.org/cio/90147?download=true (sidst besøgt 30/11/2019).

XI: In The European Union and Cross-border Co-operation in Ireland at http://www.crossborder.ie/events/Lessons_Colgan.ppt#463,11 (sidst besøgt 20/12/2019).

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2020-12-18

Citation/Eksport

McCall, C. (2020). Grænsen som fredens projekt. Politica, 52(4), 350–362. https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v52i4.130830