The effects of globalization of economy on the function of borders

Geography

The purpose of creating boundaries, is to apply sovereignty over regions and peoples living in border areas, but with the developments taking place in the world, the sovereignty issue of states has been undermined in their areas of control, and borders have lost their traditional concept. In other words, the function of boundary has been changed, and physically and spatially has been transformed fundamentally which has been exacerbated by globalization and the dimensions of globalization. In the process of globalization, the economies of countries of the world are interdependent, customs and commercial barriers are reduced to the minimum point and financial transfers between countries are made as easy as possible. In other words, the control of nations and governments is greatly reduced in financial and technology transfer, and will be eliminated in the long run and it is in long-term that developing trade and production, the integration of the international market will be realized. Using descriptive-analytic method, this paper has examined the function of boundaries in the process of globalization. The results show that the impact of economic globalization on the function of boundaries, have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantages include the elimination of most of existing trade barriers, creation of a context for capital transfers, financial resources and the expansion of international labor division, which will be a great help to increase the efficiency of the international economy. The most important disadvantages of globalization, is that in the event of a crisis and appearing a barrier on the capital flow and global economy, the crises will rapidly spread in other countries, and they will also be involved in crises, and severely undercover the economic ties of neighbor regions.

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