BIG political #geography news from yesterday: #UK says it will give #ChagosIslands to #Mauritius, which has claimed them for decades and recently had vindication from intl courts and UN. No date yet - pending treaty. https://bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o
#disputedterritory #IndianOcean #Chagossians #islands #sovereignty #Africa #colonialism
#SouthChinaSea: After deal with #China to end standoff over #SecondThomasShoal, #Philippines has been asserting increasing dominance over nearby #SabinaShoal (both in #SpratlyIslands area)
#EscodaShoal #Xianbinjiao #disputedterritory #geography #islands #maritime @geography @geopolitics
Though #GazaStrip is where vast majority of fighting and deaths are happening in the current #Palestine/#Israel war, the conflict also involves the #Lebanon border region and, increasingly, the #WestBank (especially #Palestinian-governed city of #Jenin).
https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/12/israel-palestinian-controlled-areas-map-after-ceasefire.html
#map #maps #mapping #israelpalestineconflict #israelpalestinewar #politicalgeography #borders #warzone #Hamas #geography #geopolitics #middleeast #Mediterranean#conflictmap #disputedterritory @geography
#Venezuela & #Guyana headed to urgent de-escalation talks after both countries and neighboring #Brazil put their militaries on alert as tensions spike over #Essequibo/#GuayanaEsequiba territorial dispute. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guyana-agreed-talks-venezuela-territorial-dispute-pressure-brazil-105536104
#Venezuela & #Guyana headed to urgent de-escalation talks after both countries and neighboring #Brazil put their militaries on alert as tensions spike over #Essequibo/#GuayanaEsequiba territorial dispute. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guyana-agreed-talks-venezuela-territorial-dispute-pressure-brazil-105536104
If Venezuela & Guyana came to blows, it would be first fighting between two countries in the Americas since Peru vs. Ecuador "Cenepa War" 28 years ago
#conflicttracking #disputedterritory #geopolitics #geography #military #wars #SouthAmerica #Caribbean @geopolitics
Internal debate in #UK govt over whether to give #ChagosIslands, which intl. court ruled 2 years ago were under "unlawful occupation", to legal owner #Mauritius. Islands' people were infamously expelled to build military base also used by #USA. https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/07/uk-drops-plans-to-hand-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius/
#geography #disputedterritory #IndianOcean #islands #geopolitics #occupation
Internal debate in #UK govt over whether to give #ChagosIslands, which intl. court ruled 2 years ago were under "unlawful occupation", to legal owner #Mauritius. Islands' people were infamously expelled to build military base also used by #USA. https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/07/uk-drops-plans-to-hand-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius/
#geography #disputedterritory #IndianOcean #islands #geopolitics #occupation @geopolitics @geography
After low-turnout referendum in support, #Venezuela looks to have formally fully annexed (absorbed) the disputed #GuayanaEsequiba / #Essequibo region, currently controlled by #Guyana. It had previously labeled it on maps as a special "zone in reclamation".
Venezuela also says it will create new state/province to (theoretically) govern the area, but apparently hasn't done so quite yet.
#geography #disputedterritory #Essequibo #admin1 #borders #SouthAmerica
Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello
After low-turnout referendum in support, #Venezuela looks to have formally fully annexed (absorbed) the disputed #GuayanaEsequiba / #Essequibo region, currently controlled by #Guyana. It had previously labeled it on maps as a special "zone in reclamation".
Venezuela also says it will create new state/province to (theoretically) govern the area, but apparently hasn't done so quite yet.
#geography #disputedterritory #Essequibo #admin1 #borders #SouthAmerica @geography
Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello
#Philippines this week removed floating barrier placed by #China to complete its control over interior lagoon of disputed #ScarboroughShoal in #SouthChinaSea. https://apnews.com/article/china-philippines-south-sea-barrier-scarborough-68163cbe8c5b3ad7844dfecad71bce9c
#disputedterritory #disputedterritories #SCS #geography #geopolitics #maritime #maritimejurisdiction #LawOfTheSea #internationallaw @geography @geopolitics
The Philippine coast guard says it has complied with a presidential order to remove a floating barrier placed by China’s coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats from entering a lagoon in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. Philippine officials on Monday condemned the installation of the 300-meter (980-foot) -long barrier at the entrance to the lagoon at Scarborough Shoal as a violation of international law and the Southeast Asian nation’s sovereignty. The Philippine coast guard’s report late Monday that it had removed the barrier underscores intensifying Philippine efforts to fight China’s increasingly aggressive actions in one of the world’s most hotly contested waters.
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)
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