Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>BIG political <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> news from yesterday: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> says it will give <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChagosIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChagosIslands</span></a> to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mauritius" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mauritius</span></a>, which has claimed them for decades and recently had vindication from intl courts and UN. No date yet - pending treaty. <a href="https://bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg</span><span class="invisible">4l5o</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IndianOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndianOcean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Chagossians" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chagossians</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>colonialism</span></a></p>
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Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthChinaSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthChinaSea</span></a>: After deal with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>China</span></a> to end standoff over <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SecondThomasShoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SecondThomasShoal</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philippines</span></a> has been asserting increasing dominance over nearby <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SabinaShoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SabinaShoal</span></a> (both in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpratlyIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpratlyIslands</span></a> area) </p><p><a href="https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3273452/south-china-sea-sabina-shoal-may-be-new-hotspot-philippines-beijing-spar-over-sovereignty" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/week-asia/politics/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/3273452/south-china-sea-sabina-shoal-may-be-new-hotspot-philippines-beijing-spar-over-sovereignty</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EscodaShoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EscodaShoal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Xianbinjiao" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Xianbinjiao</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maritime</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>Though <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GazaStrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GazaStrip</span></a> is where vast majority of fighting and deaths are happening in the current <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Palestine</span></a>/#Israel war, the conflict also involves the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> border region and, increasingly, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WestBank</span></a> (especially <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Palestinian</span></a>-governed city of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Jenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jenin</span></a>).<br /><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/12/israel-palestinian-controlled-areas-map-after-ceasefire.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">polgeonow.com/2023/12/israel-p</span><span class="invisible">alestinian-controlled-areas-map-after-ceasefire.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>map</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/israelpalestineconflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>israelpalestineconflict</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/israelpalestinewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>israelpalestinewar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politicalgeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politicalgeography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/warzone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>warzone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/middleeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>middleeast</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a>#conflictmap <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention">@<span>geography</span></a></span></p>
PolGeoNow<p><a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> & <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Guyana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guyana</span></a> headed to urgent de-escalation talks after both countries and neighboring <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> put their militaries on alert as tensions spike over <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Essequibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Essequibo</span></a>/#GuayanaEsequiba territorial dispute. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guyana-agreed-talks-venezuela-territorial-dispute-pressure-brazil-105536104" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/International/w</span><span class="invisible">ireStory/guyana-agreed-talks-venezuela-territorial-dispute-pressure-brazil-105536104</span></a></p><p><a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/conflicttracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conflicttracking</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Guyana" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Guyana</span></a> headed to urgent de-escalation talks after both countries and neighboring <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brazil</span></a> put their militaries on alert as tensions spike over <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Essequibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Essequibo</span></a>/#GuayanaEsequiba territorial dispute. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guyana-agreed-talks-venezuela-territorial-dispute-pressure-brazil-105536104" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/International/w</span><span class="invisible">ireStory/guyana-agreed-talks-venezuela-territorial-dispute-pressure-brazil-105536104</span></a></p><p>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</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/conflicttracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conflicttracking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>
PolGeoNow<p>Internal debate in <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> govt over whether to give <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/ChagosIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChagosIslands</span></a>, which intl. court ruled 2 years ago were under "unlawful occupation", to legal owner <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Mauritius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mauritius</span></a>. Islands' people were infamously expelled to build military base also used by <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>. <a href="https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/07/uk-drops-plans-to-hand-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/07/</span><span class="invisible">uk-drops-plans-to-hand-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/IndianOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianOcean</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>occupation</span></a></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>Internal debate in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> govt over whether to give <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChagosIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChagosIslands</span></a>, which intl. court ruled 2 years ago were under "unlawful occupation", to legal owner <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mauritius" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mauritius</span></a>. Islands' people were infamously expelled to build military base also used by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USA</span></a>. <a href="https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/07/uk-drops-plans-to-hand-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/12/07/</span><span class="invisible">uk-drops-plans-to-hand-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IndianOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndianOcean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>occupation</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention">@<span>geography</span></a></span></p>
PolGeoNow<p>After low-turnout referendum in support, <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> looks to have formally fully annexed (absorbed) the disputed <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/GuayanaEsequiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GuayanaEsequiba</span></a> / <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Essequibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Essequibo</span></a> region, currently controlled by <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Guyana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guyana</span></a>. It had previously labeled it on maps as a special "zone in reclamation".</p><p>Venezuela also says it will create new state/province to (theoretically) govern the area, but apparently hasn't done so quite yet. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-06/venezuela-guyana-dispute-maduro-mobilizes-the-army-and-announces-annexation-of-essequibo.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.elpais.com/internation</span><span class="invisible">al/2023-12-06/venezuela-guyana-dispute-maduro-mobilizes-the-army-and-announces-annexation-of-essequibo.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/Essequibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Essequibo</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/admin1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>admin1</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>After low-turnout referendum in support, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> looks to have formally fully annexed (absorbed) the disputed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GuayanaEsequiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GuayanaEsequiba</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Essequibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Essequibo</span></a> region, currently controlled by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Guyana" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Guyana</span></a>. It had previously labeled it on maps as a special "zone in reclamation".</p><p>Venezuela also says it will create new state/province to (theoretically) govern the area, but apparently hasn't done so quite yet. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-06/venezuela-guyana-dispute-maduro-mobilizes-the-army-and-announces-annexation-of-essequibo.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.elpais.com/internation</span><span class="invisible">al/2023-12-06/venezuela-guyana-dispute-maduro-mobilizes-the-army-and-announces-annexation-of-essequibo.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Essequibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Essequibo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/admin1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>admin1</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention">@<span>geography</span></a></span></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philippines</span></a> this week removed floating barrier placed by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>China</span></a> to complete its control over interior lagoon of disputed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScarboroughShoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScarboroughShoal</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthChinaSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthChinaSea</span></a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-philippines-south-sea-barrier-scarborough-68163cbe8c5b3ad7844dfecad71bce9c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/china-phili</span><span class="invisible">ppines-south-sea-barrier-scarborough-68163cbe8c5b3ad7844dfecad71bce9c</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritories" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritories</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maritime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maritime</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maritimejurisdiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maritimejurisdiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LawOfTheSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LawOfTheSea</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internationallaw</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>India</span></a> supreme court hearing case that could reverse controversial 2019 legislation taking away <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kashmir" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kashmir</span></a>'s self-rule, splitting it in two, and downgrading it from state of India to a central govt controlled territory. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/india-top-court-hears-petitions-challenging-kashmir-special-status-removal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/in</span><span class="invisible">dia-top-court-hears-petitions-challenging-kashmir-special-status-removal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>autonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/admin1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>admin1</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/statehood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>statehood</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politicalgeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politicalgeography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAsia</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> apparently didn't outright reject ruling that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldCourt</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICJ</span></a>) can resolve its <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/territorialdispute" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>territorialdispute</span></a> with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Guyana" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Guyana</span></a>, which will be considered binding under international law, despite largely boycotting the proceedings so far. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/world-court-says-it-can-rule-guyana-venezuela-border-dispute-2023-04-06/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/americas/wor</span><span class="invisible">ld-court-says-it-can-rule-guyana-venezuela-border-dispute-2023-04-06/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internationallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> @politicalscience</p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>The disputed area claimed by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Venezuela</span></a>, known as the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Essequibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Essequibo</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GuayanaEsequiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GuayanaEsequiba</span></a>, makes up 3/4 of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Guyana" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Guyana</span></a>'s total area (based on current control), but less than 1/3 of its population. The seas off its coast contain major oil resources.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geographyteacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geographyteacher</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borderstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borderstudies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internationallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/worldcourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>worldcourt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICJ</span></a> @politicalscience@a.gup.pe</p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>Proposal for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lesotho" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lesotho</span></a> to initiate territorial dispute over large parts of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> says it relies on a 1962 UN resolution. That resolution advocates Lesotho's independence, but doesn't seem to imply it should have any more territory than it does today. <a href="https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/204509?ln=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitallibrary.un.org/record/2</span><span class="invisible">04509?ln=en</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/irridentism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>irridentism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internationallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ethnonationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ethnonationalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>decolonization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/territorialdispute" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>territorialdispute</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/enclaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enclaves</span></a></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lesotho" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lesotho</span></a> legislature discussing whether to claim large parts of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a>, which would more than quadruple the country's claimed size. <a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/world/2023-03-29-lesotho-mps-to-discuss-reclaiming-parts-of-south-africa/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">the-star.co.ke/news/world/2023</span><span class="invisible">-03-29-lesotho-mps-to-discuss-reclaiming-parts-of-south-africa/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/irridentism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>irridentism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/territorialdispute" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>territorialdispute</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/enclaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enclaves</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/landlocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>landlocked</span></a></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>International Court of Justice (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICJ</span></a>) has ordered <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Azerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Azerbaijan</span></a> to help clear protester blockade of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LachinCorridor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LachinCorridor</span></a>, supply route connecting <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Armenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Armenia</span></a> to self-declared <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Artsakh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Artsakh</span></a> republic in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NagornoKarabakh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NagornoKarabakh</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/180/180-20230222-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">icj-cij.org/public/files/case-</span><span class="invisible">related/180/180-20230222-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/worldpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>worldpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caucasus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Caucasus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defactostates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defactostates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/internationalpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internationalpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internationallaw</span></a></p>
VICE World News<p>Crew members onboard a Philippine coast guard vessel were temporarily blinded after the lasers targeted their ship.<br><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7bmye/china-shoots-lasers-at-philippines-ship" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vice.com/en/article/k7bmye/chi</span><span class="invisible">na-shoots-lasers-at-philippines-ship</span></a><br><a href="https://federated.press/tags/SouthChinaSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthChinaSea</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conflict</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/phillipines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phillipines</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Belize" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Belize</span></a> is taking <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Honduras" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Honduras</span></a> to court, hoping to invalidate the latter country's claim to the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SapodillaCayes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SapodillaCayes</span></a>, a group of small, uninhabited <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> islands administered by Belize. <a href="https://icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/185/185-20221117-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">icj-cij.org/public/files/case-</span><span class="invisible">related/185/185-20221117-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICJ</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a></p>
RolandGiersig ☑️<p>Wenn die Klima-Katastrophe Grenzen verschiebt... <br>---<br>RT @PolGeoNow<br>This ski lodge technically moved from <a href="https://social.wien.rocks/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> to <a href="https://social.wien.rocks/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> after glacial melt shifted natural line that forms the two countries' border. A new compromise deal won't be revealed or take effect until at least next year. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/26/melting-alps-theodul-glacier-switzerland-italy-border-shifts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2022/jul</span><span class="invisible">/26/melting-alps-theodul-glacier-switzerland-italy-border-shifts</span></a> <a href="https://social.wien.rocks/tags/disputedterritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disputedterritory</span></a> <a href="https://social.wien.rocks/tags/geographyteacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geographyteacher</span></a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/PolGeoNow/status/1551892416906633218" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/PolGeoNow/status/1</span><span class="invisible">551892416906633218</span></a></p>
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