Border dispute
A border dispute is when two governments or more do not agree on the location of the border between their lands. An example is Pakistan and India over the territory of Kashmir. Another example is Kosovo which Serbia believe is theirs. An historical example is the Honey War between Iowa and Missouri.
Wars are sometimes fought over border disputes. Irredentism is often a border dispute.
Border Dispute Media
The Line of Control divides the Pakistan-controlled Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and the Indian-controlled union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The Line of Actual Control divides the China-controlled Aksai Chin and the Indian-controlled union territory of Ladakh.
Map of the current buffer zone in Cyprus
A Japanese poster calling for the return of the Northern Territories from Russian administration
Other websites
- CIA World factbook Archived 2006-11-08 at the Wayback Machine The World Factbook by the United States Central Intelligence Agency lists countries that are currently having border disputes.
