Flashpoint (politics)
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In international relations, a flashpoint is an area or dispute that has a strong possibility of developing into a war.
Current flashpoints
- the Taiwan straits
- Korea peninsula
- the Golan heights
- Kashmir
- the Spratley Islands
- Imia/Kardak - Aegean dispute
- Barents Sea dispute
Historical flashpoints
- the Balkans
- Berlin
- the Rio Grande valley
- Alsace-Lorraine (France Germany border)
- trade with the East
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