regional conflicts
Geographically limited warfare
Regional conflicts are armed struggles or political disputes confined to a particular geographic area, typically involving neighboring countries or factions within a region.
The term often appears in foreign policy discussions: The ambassador specialized in Middle Eastern regional conflicts.
Regional conflicts may draw in outside powers but remain centered in one part of the world, distinguished from global or world wars.
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- border skirmishesSmall fights at boundaries
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- separatist movementsEfforts to split from states
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
insurgencies · territorial disputes · disputed territory · buffer zones · tribal warfare · sectarian violence · proxy wars · balkanization · independence movements · treaty violations · arms embargo · civil war · failed state · power vacuum · refugee crisis · economic sanctions · ethnic enclaves · land grabs
- AsiaChina, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea
- Global Politicsforeign affairs, international affairs, global affairs, world politics, foreign relations
- Balkan HistoryBalkans, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro
- EcuadorQuito, Guayaquil, Galapagos, Andes, equator
- Postwar AsiaKorean War, Vietnam War, Chinese Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square
- Caucasus historyArmenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Chechnya, Dagestan
regional conflictsworld wars
Multinational military conflicts
total war · global war · World War I · World War II · domestic disputes
regional conflictsregional stability
Sustained peace in an area
regional cooperation · peaceful coexistence · détente · diplomatic relations · regional alliances
regional conflictspeace agreements
Treaties ending wars
reconciliation · peace accords · armistice · ceasefire · diplomatic resolution