territorial dispute
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territorial disputes
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The markets did not see Greenland as a territorial dispute.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
Japan has its own territorial dispute with China over a cluster of uninhabited islands called the Senkakus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
While the deal agrees both sides will continue a dialogue through cross-border committees, it does not resolve the core territorial dispute which caused fighting to flare.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
Mr. Marcos is adding a new intensity to his muscular foreign policy at a critical moment in his country’s territorial dispute with Beijing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
And all to settle some territorial dispute or to wipe out some imagined slur.
From Stalemate by Basil Wells
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