Israel and Palestine

Interesting perspective from the Washington Post. Key quote, "Somehow "world opinion" has moved away from the old 20th century view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a complicated territorial dispute between two long-suffering peoples."

Water and Kashmir

Odd dispute, fighting over water but not really
India and Pakistan

Lebanon

Article: NYTimes on Lebanon border

Summary:

Issue: Border between Israel and Lebanon

Formal Territorial Dispute: No

Cause of Territorial Dispute:

Path to Resolution?:

The Iraq-Iran border

Long story in New York Times about the Iraq-Iran border.

Some Territorial Disputes Solve Themselves

Dispute between India and Bangladesh solves itself due to global warming.

Blog Issues

This is just a preliminary version of the blog. I expect to become more formal and elaborate as time goes on but right now I have too much research to focus on.

Border tensions in Russia - Georgia

Russia and Georgia have reopened a border crossing.