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After an incident on Perejil Island in 2002, both countries agreed to return to the status quo. [3] Chagos Archipelago United Kingdom Mauritius: The United Kingdom de facto administers the archipelago as the British Indian Ocean Territory. Mauritius claims the islands. Mauritius and the UK are currently in negotiations to transfer sovereignty ...
War or conflict Start date End date Duration Reconquista: 718: 1492: 774 years Anglo-French Wars: 1109: 1815: 706 years Roman–Persian Wars: 54 BC: 628: 681 years
This article lists a timeline of notable political rivalries by country. Political party rivalries are not to be confused with rival family houses within a nation, or warring factions from different nations. This list will not indicate every rival political party within a nation, such as in multiple-party governments.
The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet.The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia.
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The European balance of power is a tenet in international relations that no single power should be allowed to achieve hegemony over a substantial part of Europe. During much of the Modern Age, the balance was achieved by having a small number of ever-changing alliances contending for power, [1] which culminated in the World Wars of the early 20th century.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Iran–Israel proxy conflict Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict, the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, and the Iran–Turkey proxy conflict Israel (orange) and Iran (green) shown within the Middle East Date 16 February 1985 – ongoing (39 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) Location Worldwide ...
Military alliances shortly before World War I. Germany and the Ottoman Empire allied after the outbreak of war.. This is the list of military alliances.A military alliance is a formal agreement between two or more parties concerning national security in which the contracting parties agree to mutually protect and support one another militarily in case of a crisis that has not been identified in ...