disputed border
Claimed by both
A disputed border is a boundary between territories where two or more parties disagree about its location or legitimacy.
Such disputes arise from historical claims, colonial-era demarcations, ethnic divisions, or competing interpretations of treaties: The disputed border has seen periodic military clashes.
The term often appears in news coverage of territorial conflicts and international negotiations.
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- frontierEdge of settlement
- demarcation lineBoundary separating distinct zones
- conflictOpposition between parties
- tensionStretched or strained state
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