disputed territories
Borders under contention
Disputed territories are regions claimed by two or more governments or groups, with no internationally settled resolution.
The term appears in geopolitics and international law: The disputed territories remain a flashpoint for conflict.
Unlike occupied territories, which implies one side's illegitimate control, disputed territories frames the question as unresolved rather than adjudicated.
- armed conflictMilitary combat between groups
- flash pointIgnition temperature threshold
- CrimeaBlack Sea peninsula
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- UN resolutionFormal decision by nations
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- Disputed TerritoriesKashmir, Crimea, Taiwan, Kosovo, West Bank
- Strategic PlacesSuez Canal, Panama Canal, Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz, Bosphorus
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