Considering the existence of explicit international laws, channels
of diplomatic discourse and organizations such as the United Nations, it is
surprising that disputed territories still exist; what’s even more worrying is
that in this day and age, nations are still ready to go to war over these
strips of lands.
Jammu and Kashmir remain disputed (at least in the hearts
and minds of Pakistanis and Indians if not in the paperwork of the UN) since
the partition of the subcontinent and, along with suffering from its own
problems of insurgency and instability, serves as the elephant in the room in
every diplomatic exchange between the two countries, conducted on either side
of the Line of Control.
The Gaza strip has also suffered far more than a loss of diplomatic
relations between Palestine and Israel as it is a war zone with a staggeringly high
numbers of civilian causalities.
Crimea is another disputed area that recently made the
headlines. It has a Russian population but forms part of Ukraine. The forced occupation
of the region by the Russian military caused uproar in the international realm,
and once again highlighted the issue of disputed regions.
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