Every Ongoing Border Dispute Explained

Every ongoing border dispute in the world

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Video by:
Oliver Franke

Research & Writing:
Charles Street, Oliver Franke

Edit & Animations:
Arun Singh, Oliver Franke

[libbykenilworth]

“That’s all the disagreements in Western Europe, so let’s head to the Balkans” 😂 Brilliant!

[bernardwanjohi]

You need an hour to cover Africa's border disputes

[RipandTear]

You forgot the border dispute where Antarctica owns all neutral land on Earth

[lesyankee]

I had a border dispute with my brother when we were little kids sharing the same bedroom. He claimed more than 50% of the room!! Totally UNFAIR!! I'm telling

[Bas-lhux]

There is a border dispute between Netherlands and Germany about the watermassa Dollaert between Groningen en Ost-Friesland!

[PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

None of these border disputes rival mine. I claim the entire world!!!

[Math_]

If you want a border dispute inside one country, there is the case of Québec and Labrador border.

[gakidomo]

Never ever allow Britain to draw maps ever again...

[Clon]

Brazil dispute with Uruguay basically is where the river start in the Rincão de Artigas and in which river the Brazilian Island is located.

[TriumvirSajaki]

You forgot the border dispute where Arizona basically owns all of the USA

[mohithargunani]

How many border disputes do you want?
China: Yes.

[ayachi_wrote]

I think you're gonna manage to piss off every single viewer with this one :D

(Kudos to the amount of effort this took tho, I can see you've tried be as neutral as possible)

[arntchristianteigen]

Although necessarily very simplyfied, it is a remarkably careful and sober overview. Good work!

[juanpiss]

You forgot the border dispute with Colombia-Nicaragua (San Andres), and Colombia-Peru (near Leticia).
I also feel like the South American border disputes were lazily explained.

[johanedfors]

I feel like you were pretty lazy explaining the Egypt and Sudan border disputes. It was a while ago I looked this up but if I recall correctly there is a more important reason both don't claim Bir Tawil, that being that Sudan recognizes one border the British drew that includes the Hala'ib Triangle inside Sudan but doesn't include Bir Tawil, meanwhile Egypt recognizes another border the British drew that gives them the Hala'ib Triangle and not Bir Tawil. So the reason neither wants Bir Tawil is because claiming that would lend legitimacy to the other country's claim over the Hala'ib Triangle. And the reason both of them want the Hala'ib Triangle is because there was oil found there.

[Sorrythishandlehasbeenremoved]

3:08 Portugal: there’s nothing we can do…

[Spoon]

13:13 If you're wondering why they fought with sticks and rocks, it's because both sides signed a treaty that said, to the effect of, "we won't fire a shot over this land."
Of course, both sides also realized, in time, that this left for the notable loophole of melee combat. You can look up videos of soldiers walking around in modern kit, carrying knives, clubs, and swords. I've heard talk of a possible Chinese escalation by using crossbows, but it's not exactly an intelligent geo-political move, considering India is a *very* valuable ally, and China is basically pushing both them and most of Southeast Asia into closer ties with the US and the West rather than them.

[krutarthmankar]

I have a border dispute over the bed in my room which I share with my roomate! There are so many patches of conflicts!

[satnav]

12:10 You missed the Dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan

[ferirahmatchandrapiliang]

You forgot maritime southeast Asia's disputes: ambalat between Indonesia and Malaysia; land borders between Indonesia and East Timor in East Timor's exclave