Bill Moore
03-30-2014, 04:21 AM
5 of the World's Most Worrisome Disputed Territories
Many such areas have long existed without incident, but others are poised to flare into violence.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140328-disputed-territories-geography-russia-crimea/?google_editors_picks=true
When it comes to territorial disputes across the globe, the list is long and ever-changing. There are now more than 150 disputes under way that involve territory, mostly in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific region, but also in Europe and the Americas. Some disputes are on the distant horizon (Antarctica), some are long-simmering (Jammu and Kashmir), and others—like Crimea—are at their boiling point.
I knew there were several, but had no idea there were over a 100 territorial disputes.
Found this one to be especially interesting.
Transdnistria proclaimed independence from Moldova and allegiance to Moscow in the early 1990s and has been considered a "frozen conflict" ever since, but with an ongoing Russian military presence there. After Russia's recent actions in Ukraine, local leaders expressed their firm desire to be annexed next. NATO's supreme commander in Europe, General Philip Breedlove, said that request would give Russian President Vladimir Putin a pretext to send in troops, as he did in Crimea.
Many such areas have long existed without incident, but others are poised to flare into violence.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140328-disputed-territories-geography-russia-crimea/?google_editors_picks=true
When it comes to territorial disputes across the globe, the list is long and ever-changing. There are now more than 150 disputes under way that involve territory, mostly in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific region, but also in Europe and the Americas. Some disputes are on the distant horizon (Antarctica), some are long-simmering (Jammu and Kashmir), and others—like Crimea—are at their boiling point.
I knew there were several, but had no idea there were over a 100 territorial disputes.
Found this one to be especially interesting.
Transdnistria proclaimed independence from Moldova and allegiance to Moscow in the early 1990s and has been considered a "frozen conflict" ever since, but with an ongoing Russian military presence there. After Russia's recent actions in Ukraine, local leaders expressed their firm desire to be annexed next. NATO's supreme commander in Europe, General Philip Breedlove, said that request would give Russian President Vladimir Putin a pretext to send in troops, as he did in Crimea.