We're Not All Sick but None of Us is Well

time, Ochoa Espejo’s On Borders makes the indispensable point that borders do offer concrete institutional, regulatory, and jurisdictional capacities which are difficult to replicate in an equitable manner. To this end, it is perhaps best to use the power of the border whilst it is still fruitful to live in a bordered reality—and Ochoa Espejo makes a strong case that it is. These debates, like its problems of interest, can only continue. It is clear, however, that Valdez’s Transnational Cosmopolitanism and Ochoa Espejo’s On Borders expand, problematize, and complicate current studies on supranational politics in compelling ways. This proves an impressive feat when writing from a world in which centering place and space unequivocally involves contending with the crown jewel of global order: the nation-state system.