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IBRU releases new maps showing new continental shelves for Russia and USA

IBRU: Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research has released updates to its Arctic map series to reflect changes in the Russian and USA extended continental shelves in the Central Arctic Ocean.
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Winner of 2023 Milefsky Award Announced

IBRU, Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research, has awarded its sixth annual Raymond Milefsky Award to Macedonian borders expert Mile Milenkoski.
Mile Milenkoski Milefsky Award winner 2023

PhD opportunity with Durham University, IBRU and the Royal Geographical Society

IBRU (Durham University' Centre for Borders Research) and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), in cooperation with Queen’s University Belfast and the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council’s Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership, are pleased to announce that we have received funding to support a PhD student at Durham University.
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IBRU releases new maps reflecting CLCS recommendations on Russian continental shelf

IBRU: Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research has updated its Arctic Maps Series to reflect the 6 February 2023 recommendations made by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) on Russia’s extended continental shelf, as well as the revised submission that Russia filed on 14 February 2023 in response to the CLCS recommendations.
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IBRU Releases New Arctic Maps

IBRU: Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research has updated its Arctic Maps Series to reflect the addendum that Canada filed with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) on 22 December 2022. This addendum added 241,000 square nautical miles (827,000 square kilometres) to the area identified by Canada as part of its extended continental shelf (ECS), bringing the total area of Canada’s submission to 593,000 square nautical miles (2,036,000 square kilometres).
Thumbnail Map 1 IBRU Arctic map 10-01-23 (revised Russia claimed) 3300x2700

Fifth Annual IBRU Milefsky Award Honours Dr Haim Srebro

IBRU, Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research, has awarded its fifth annual Raymond Milefsky Award to Dr. Haim Srebro.
Dr Haim Srebro Winner of 2022 Milefsky Award

Israel and Lebanon agree to ‘historic’ deal to end maritime dispute

Lebanon and Israel have agreed a deal over a maritime border dispute involving offshore gas fields after years of US-mediated talks.
Israel Lebanon Maritime Aljazeera Map showing disputed area

ICJ rule Columbia must cease activities in the EEZ waters of Nicaragua

A ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has addressed a dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia over maritime borders which has lasted for many decades.
Image of the Peace Palace in The Hague by E Buxton

Russia stops peace treaty talks with Japan over disputed Kuril Islands

The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced it will stop negotiations with Japan on a peace treaty to officially end a conflict dating back to World War II involving the disputed Kuril Islands. The move which also includes the withdrawal from joint economic projects, is the result of Tokyo’s decision to impose sanctions on Russia over President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine.
Kuril Islands. Image courtesy of: Navy Matters: Russia To Militarize Kuril Islands (navy-matters.blogspot.com)

India and China in next round of talks to resolve border dispute

India and China have engaged in a 15th round of talks to try and find a resolution to their ongoing border dispute.
Line of Actual Control (LAC) India-China (Image courtesy of India Tribune)

Kenya and Uganda Start Demarcating Boundary

Kenya has started the demarcation of its boundary with Uganda. The Kenya-Uganda border runs from Lake Victoria, to the mouth of the Sio River in Busia, and on to Amudat and Moroto in Karamoja though the Turkana Escarpment to Mt. Zulia near the Kenya-Uganda -South Sudan tri-junction.
Uganda Kenya Border Map Image courtesy of Britannica Inc

Fourth Annual IBRU Milefsky Award Honours Friends for Conservation and Development and Asociación Balam

IBRU, Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research, has awarded its fourth annual Raymond Milefsky Award to a pair of non-governmental organisations devoted to conservation and development across disputed Belizean-Guatemalan borderlands. The award is being made to the Belizean non-governmental organisation Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD) and its Guatemalan counterpart Asociación Balam.
Logos of the two associations FCD and Asc. Balam