Welcome to The Borders We Share
Where Fiction Meets the Fractured World
Dive into The Borders We Share, a thrilling blog series that reimagines over 200 real-world territorial disputes—like the Russia-Ukraine clash over Crimea, Brexit’s Irish border tensions, and the Amazon’s Indigenous struggles—through the vibrant lens of fiction and the bold framework of shared sovereignty. I’m Dr. Jorge Emilio Núñez (or Dr. Jorge for short), and I’ve poured decades of academic research into this journey, pairing iconic public-domain tales with gritty global conflicts to make these complex issues accessible and exciting. From Tintin’s oil-soaked Khemed to Sherlock Holmes’s foggy docks, Robin Hood’s Sherwood, and beyond, we’ve begun with Section 1: Foundations of the Multiverse (Posts 1–6) and transitioned into Section 2: Oil and Dust Disputes (Posts 7–12), swapping Hergé’s lands for Laputa, Ruritania, and Cimmeria—fresh, open-ground settings that amplify the stakes. So far, you can explore seven main posts plus a bonus gem: from Entangled Worlds, Shared Futures (March 4, 2025), where Khemed’s feuds echo Crimea’s annexation, to Laputa’s Wells, Part II: The Entangled Price (May 6, 2025), where oil’s curse tests fragile pacts. Each Tuesday, a new post lands here, stitching fictional adventures to real-world fault lines—check them all out below!
Why This Series? Aims, Objectives, and a Radical Rethink
Why blend Sherlock’s sleuthing or Dorothy’s pluck with disputes like Cyprus’s split or Nigeria’s Delta woes? Because stories unlock possibilities that dry policy papers can’t. My aim is to challenge how we see borders—not as rigid lines of winner-takes-all, but as bridges for shared futures. The objectives are threefold: First, to make tangled conflicts—like the 30,000 lives lost in Crimea or the 150,000 in Yemen—graspable through familiar characters and settings, breaking down legal and human stakes for everyone. Second, to propose my Núñezian Integrated Multiverses—a quantum-inspired mix of 2017’s egalitarian shared sovereignty (fair splits for all), 2020’s real-case grit (think Gibraltar’s co-rule), and 2023’s multidimensional pluralism (agents, contexts, realms in flux)—as a practical fix where justice in one dispute ripples globally. Third, to spark debate—whether you’re a scholar, a dreamer, or just curious, I want your voice in this conversation. Posts like Sherlock’s Docks, Ireland’s Edge (March 18) or Oz’s Emeralds, Gulf Oil (May 13) don’t just analyze—they adventure, offering solutions like councils splitting oil or forests equitably, grounded in my books (available on Amazon and Routledge).
Join the Quest: Fiction, Fact, and a World to Mend
This series isn’t just a read—it’s a call to rethink a broken world, one border at a time. The rationale? Fiction’s power lets us sidestep reality’s rigidity—imagine Holmes negotiating Brexit’s Irish knot or Sinbad splitting Saudi-Yemen oil—and see fresh paths to peace. From Sherwood’s Green, Amazon’s Roots (March 25), where Robin Hood zones forests with Brazil’s tribes, to Cimmeria’s Dust, South China Sea (April 22), where Sherlock tames Laputa’s rivalries like China-ASEAN’s, we’ve laid a foundation that’s already buzzing (check my X: https://x.com/DrJorge_World). Coming up, Section 2 wraps with Ruritania’s Pride, Iraq’s Line (May 27), then we sail into islands, mountains, deserts—60 posts total, every Tuesday. It’s relevant because these disputes—Crimea’s war, the Gulf’s oil—touch your life: fuel prices, climate, migration. Here, you’ll find free research (like State Sovereignty, IJSL 2024), my books, and a growing archive (Posts 1–9 plus 3.1 bonus as of May 6, 2025). Dive in, share your take, challenge me—together, we can stitch these borders into something whole. Next up: Utopia’s Oil Dream, Nigeria’s Delta (May 20). Ready to fix the world with me?
The posts so far
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