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border disputes  

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  • Border disputes involve situations where a certain piece of territory bordered by more than one nation is claimed by two or more of these nations. Some border disputes take place in isolated areas, where the precise boundary between two nations is uncertain, while others involve a long-standing disagreement regarding the territorial limits of two states. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Border Disputes]

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