Globalisation has led to a steady increase in the number of cross-border M&A activities, and so these deals are increasingly discussed in the FX market. However, since M&A activity is still measured in billions of dollars per month, as compared with the trillion-plus a day traded in the FX...

Post-modern theory envisions the evolution of borders becoming bridges with the globalization of economic and cultural life increasing their permeability and thus devaluating their traditional function as barriers. Conflict zones are generally not included in this vision of transforming borders,...