Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Borders in the Americas: Theories and Realities -- Part I: Geopolitics of Borders -- 2. Borders, Rivalries, and the Racketeer State: An Alternative Theory to State Development in Latin America -- 3. Legalizing and Judicializing Territorial and Maritime Border Disputes in Latin America: Causes and Unintended Consequences -- 4. Political Learning through a Transgovernmental Network: Resolving the Argentine-Chilean Border Dispute during the 1990s -- Part II: National Policies for Border Security and Cross-Border Trade -- 5. Regional Peace and Unintended Consequences: The Peculiar Case of the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay -- 6. Rivalry, Trade, and Restraint on the Colombia-Venezuela Border -- 7. Northbound "Threats" at the United States-Mexico Border: What Is Crossing Today, and Why? -- Part III: Licit and Illicit Behavior of Borderland Actors -- 8. Illicit Americas: Historical Dynamics of Smuggling in the United States' Relations with Its Neighbors -- 9. The Colombian FARC in Northern Ecuador: Borderline and Borderland Dynamics -- 10. Making Sense of Borders: Global Circulations and the Rule of Law at the Iguazú Triangle -- 11. Conclusions -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.