Abecedarian after border speeches




1Font based on 40 borders initiated or substantially fortified between 2000 and 2020.

2000: Israel–Lebanon; 2001: Uzbekistan–Afghanistan; 2001: Turkmenistan–Uzbekistan; 2002: India–Bangladesh; 2002: Israel–West Bank; 2003: China–North Korea, 2003; Botswana–Zimbabwe; 2003: India–Pakistan; 2003: Saudi Arabia–Yemen; 2004: India–Burma; 2004: Thailand–Malaysia; 2004: Kuwait–Iraq; 2005: Brunei–Malaysia; 2005: United Arab Emirates–Oman; 2006: United States of America–Mexico; 2006: Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan; 2006: Saudi Arabia–Iraq; 2007: Pakistan–Afghanistan; 2007: Iran–Pakistan; 2009: Uzbekistan–Kyrgyzstan; 2009: Burma–Bangladesh; 2010: Israel–Egypt; 2009: Egypt–Gaza; 2010: Iraq–Syria; 2011: Greece–Turkey; 2011: Azerbaijan–Armenia; 2014: Turkey–Syria; 2014: Bulgaria–Turkey; 2014: Ukraine–Russia; 2015: Austria–Slovenia; 2015: Hungary–Slovenia; 2015: Hungary–Croatia; 2015: North Macedonia–Greece; 2015: Slovenia–Croatia; 2015: Hungary–Serbia; 2016: Hungary–Romania; 2016: Austria–Italy; 2017: Turkey–Iran; 2018: Saudi Arabia–Qatar; 2021: Dominican Republic–Haiti.
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The authors write about the collaborative process behind this piece here.

Source: Poetry (November 2021)