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Nepal Protests India-China Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Via Lipulekh, India Rejects Territorial Claims

Nepal has formally objected to India and China conducting the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via Lipulekh Pass in 2026, claiming the territory belongs to Kathmandu under the Sugauli Trea...

ICJ opens oral hearings as Guyana asks court to affirm century-old boundary with Venezuela

The International Court of Justice opened oral hearings Monday on the merits of a territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, with Guyana asking the...

10 Years After the Arbitration Ruling, Might Makes Right in the South China Sea

Beijing will disregard international law when in its own interest, forcing other countries to make difficult decisions about their own compliance.

India, China, and Claims over Tawang: Views From a Field Visit to Arunachal Pradesh

In the face of the Chinese irredentist claims over Arunachal, New Delhi has attempted to transform a geopolitically sensitive frontier into a living, breathing part of the Indian n...

South China Sea becomes a contested one

China’s systematic military expansion across the South China Sea and into the Western Pacific is no longer a territorial dispute but a restructuring of how commercial shipping is p...

Fourteen articles, fresh Aegean friction

Turkey is preparing legislation consisting of 14 articles that would formally define the country’s maritime areas of responsibility, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone,...

India Rejects Nepal’s Lipulekh Claims, Calls Enlargement of Territory Untenable

India has firmly rejected Nepal’s latest territorial claims over Lipulekh Pass, calling them “untenable” and historically unfounded, while reiterating that the route has been used...

Taiwan, China coast guards argue in South China Sea

Mooted South China Sea oil deal with China draws fire in Manila

MANILA – Legislators, nationalists and other experts in the Philippines on Thursday questioned a proposed oil exploration deal with China in the disputed and mineral-rich South Chi...

China Reacts Strongly as Japan & Philippines Move Ahead W/ Sea Border Talks

Why China Is Opposing the Latest Japan-Philippines Maritime Talks CHINA – Tensions in regional waters intensified as China voiced opposition to a newly announced sea border initiat...

Ethiopia and Sudan accuse each other of attacks

Ethiopia and Sudan traded accusations on Tuesday that each had violated the other's territory and were supporting insurgent forces. A civil war has engulfed Sudan since 2023, while...

China Publishes Maps Detailing Minerals on the Ocean Floor

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters.

Names, Maps and Recognition: Taiwan, Palestine and the Politics of What We Call Things

When maps, permits and place names become tools in the struggle over sovereigntyContinue reading on Diplomacy and International Relations »

Trump Is Remaking the World Map. What Could Go Wrong?

A system of fuzzy borders, in which powerful states treat territory as negotiable and sovereignty as conditional, is not a viable alternative to the liberal world order.

Liberia: Guinea 'Beats War Drum' Over Border Dispute With Liberia

[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Guinea's representative to the ECOWAS Parliament, Dr. Dansa Kourouma--also Speaker of Guinea's National Transitional Council, has struck a combative tone at...

‘Illegal and void’: China condemns Japan-Philippines maritime border talks

China has condemned the launch of maritime boundary negotiations between Japan and the Philippines, calling the talks “completely illegal and void”. The protest followed a joint st...

What’s driving renewed conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea?

Many landlocked Ethiopians want a slice of their neighbor’s extensive coastline. Both sides have troops at the border. Is another conflict inevitable?

Why are maritime laws failing to secure the seas?

Wars and territorial disputes are rewriting the rules of global shipping.

Thailand Unilaterally Voids Maritime Boundary Agreement With Cambodia

The 2001 MoU set up a framework for discussions on joint oil and gas exploration in areas of the Gulf of Thailand claimed by both sides.

Turkey reported to be preparing maritime zones bill

Turkey is reportedly preparing legislation to formalize maritime claims in disputed parts of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, a move that could revive tensions with Greece and...

Territorial integrity is ‘red line’ for Europe, Finland warns after US Greenland threats

Europe’s territorial integrity is a “red line” in Finland’s relations with the United States and other powers, according to Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen. “I can only say that ce...

China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea

BEIJING — China accused the Philippines of landing personnel on a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Sunday as Manila said it would dispatch ships to drive off Chinese vessels...

Thailand shouldn’t walk away from maritime dialogue with Cambodia

Nations have always had to negotiate shared waters. The sea carries trade and sustains coastal communities. It often hides valuable resources. It can bring neighbors closer togethe...

China and the US are quietly fighting over the same stretch of water

While the Philippines and the United States rehearsed coastal missile strikes from the country’s northernmost islands, Chinese survey ships were simultaneously charting the same wa...