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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Annexation of territories

Annexation of territories

  • Foreign annexation
  • Border encroachments
  • National aggrandizement

Incidence

The leader of the nationalist group in the 1993 Russian elections declared the intention of retaking possession of Finland and Poland, extending Russia "to the warm waters", and transforming the Ukraine and the Caucasus into Russian governorships.

Broader

Offences against human security
Presentable
Denial of right of self determination
Presentable
Political domination
Unpresentable

Narrower

Unauthorized annexation
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Boundary disputes between states
Presentable
Border incidents and violence
Presentable
Separation of family members
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Vulnerability of small nations to foreign intervention
Presentable
Accumulation
Unpresentable

Related

Colonialism
Excellent

Strategy

Granting independence to colonial territories
Unpresentable
Settling border disputes
Yet to rate
Realigning borders
Yet to rate

Value

Foreign
Yet to rate
Encroachment
Yet to rate
Aggrandizement [D]
Yet to rate
Aggrandizement [C]
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on LandSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong InstitutionsSustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Government » Frontiers
  • Government » Nation state » Nation state
  • Society » Foreign
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E5210
    DOCID
    11552100
    D7NID
    150293
    Last update
    Apr 21, 2022