Egypt sign along the Egypt-Libya border. Photo by Paul Robinson (Creative Commons License BY-NC-SA 2.0) MER Article Nation-Making on the “Razor’s Edge” in the Egyptian-Libyan Borderland In 1908, the British lord and arch-imperialist George Curzon published a short treatise on the unique role of frontiers in modern history. “Frontiers,” he wrote, “are indeed the razor’s edge on which hang suspended the modern issues of war or peace, of life or death of nations.”[1] Curzon Matthew Ellis • 10 min read
