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1 J. Territorial & Mar. Stud. 5 (2014)

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GUEST EDITOR'S NOTE





The   Resurgence of Territorial and Maritime Issues
in the  Post-Modern Era





Chae-Han Kim
Professor of Political Science, Hallym University, Korea








As the launch of The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies demonstrates, there
has been a recent resurgence of territorial and maritime issues that have plagued
both ancient and modern societies for centuries. Territorial borders have evolved
over time: pre-modern, modern and post-modern. Most literature concerning bor-
der issues, however, is just about modern borders. Recent territorial disputes have
been undertaken with the assumption that all boundaries are clear.








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Figure 1
Clear Boundary versus Unclear Boundary


    However,  pre-modern boundaries were never made  clear. The two circles in
Figure 1 are drawn to the same size. As the periphery of the right circle is colored
too pale, it looks smaller than the left. Defacto jurisdiction does not reach the pe-
riphery of the right circle. Therefore pre-modern borders may be expressed as the
circle on the right in Figure 1.

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