Senior Research Fellow Victor Kattan has published a study in the Journal of Political Geography, Volume 94, Issue of 2022, titled: “The Persistence of Partition: Boundary making, Imperialism and International Law.” This study urges political geographers to examine imperialism, in which international law played a pivotal role. Additionally, the article explores the practice of partition—meaning imposed boundary—which plays a central role in imperialism both historically and today. From the historical perspective of geopolitics of bordering, partition is an imposed boundary that negotiators, though consulted, were not allowed to choose. After decolonization and the Cold War, partition in colonial situations became illegal when the Soviet Union and Third World were able to change international law so that colonial powers were required to obtain community consent before partitioning their territories. With more uncertainty approaching in the world and the increase of geopolitical competition, it may become necessary to identify the legality of partition, not just its success. For further details, click here