Viral borders, system shocks, and the limits of territorial thinking
Abstract
This commentary extends Liu and Bennett's account of COVID-19 bordering by arguing that supply chains functioned as bordering infrastructures in their own right, not merely as objects of state action. Drawing on system dynamics and post-pandemic evidence, it highlights the recursive logic of supply chain disruption, the limits of territorial frameworks, and the uneven geographies of access that pandemic governance both revealed and deepened.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Global Security and Public Health
Water Governance and Infrastructure
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Dialogues in Human Geography
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Publication date
- 25 June 2026
- Language
- EN