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.

[edit] Current flashpoints

• the Taiwan straits
• Korea peninsula
• the Golan heights
• Kashmir
• the Spratley Islands
• Imia/Kardak - Aegean dispute
• Barents Sea dispute

[edit] Historical flashpoints

• the Balkans
• Berlin
• the Rio Grande valley
• Alsace-Lorraine (France Germany border)
• trade with the East