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Abstract This article attempts a global evaluation of geopolitical borders keeping in mind 7 fundamental aspects: The historical origin of the international system of countries, border and migration flows, borders and regionalization, market economies, borders and globalization, borders and sovereignty, borders and security issues in the imaginary and identitarian dominions. A geopolitical border can be grasped as a zone of confluence of perceptions with a particular area. The environment takes on the consequences of a world that turns on economic priorities. The environment and the mobility of people are just a few of the many aspects that impel a revision of the meaning and the use of geopolitical borders. This article attempts an analysis of geopolitical borders in relation to concepts such as human dignity and solidarity. KEYWORDS: borderglobalizationsovereigntycitizenship Notes 1. In this article I will consider the origin of the nation-state in the agreement of Westphalia, although it is worthwhile to say that other theories exist that even consider the origin of the nation-state before this agreement. Benno Teschke, in his article "Theorizing the Westphalian System of States: International Relations from Absolutism to Capitalism" from the University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK, questions the origin of the nation-state in the agreement of Westphalia. 2. In ancient Greece, there existed a structure with similar characteristics to those seen at the present time in the nation-state. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile to make clear that at that time there was no recognition of the individual as a bearer of rights; only citizens (a small group of individuals) had rights. Foreigners of the city and slaves were excluded from any rights. Therefore, it is not in the scope of this article to do a comparison between the Greek polis and the nation-state as it is known today. 3. International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Acceso Universal en Latinoamérica: Situación y Desafios, 2006 (pdf format) http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/material/Acceso_universal_2006.pdf (accessed March 1, 2007). 4. International Telecommunication Union (ITU). MAPS and GRAPHS http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/ict/graphs/internet.jpg (accessed March 1, 2007). 5. Mathew Coleman, "Permeable Borders and Boundaries in a Globalizing Word" published in Nicol and Towsand-Gault, Holding the line, Borders in a Global World, p. 301–2005.