Choose a dispute and identify what drove it.
Which dispute was most clearly driven by a territorial claim?
Konfrontasi
- Sukarno calls Malaysia neo-colonial.
- Raids in Borneo and landings in Malaysia, 1964.
Driven mainly by ideology, ambition and grievance.
Territory in Borneo also mattered.
Sabah
- Philippine claim from 1962.
- Relations suspended in 1968.
A territorial claim based on the Sultan of Sulu's rights.
Politics in Manila kept it alive.
Preah Vihear
- Thai occupation from 1954.
- ICJ ruling in 1962.
A dispute over territory and national pride.
The Cold War split deepened the hostility.
Water
- Agreements guaranteed in 1965.
- Price dispute from the late 1990s.
A dispute over a vital resource.
Wider political quarrels shaped it.