Officially recognized as a non-member observer state of the UN in 2013, despite U.S and Isreali opposition.
Located in southeastern Europe, Kosovo is claimed by Serbia as part of its sovereign territory. Known for the blackbird on its flag, it became an administrative region in 1946, as the autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohija, and was sefldeclared as Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija in ...
A former Spanish colony declared independence in 1976, claiming sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara. The SADR controls 25% of the territory it it claims, which are called liberated territories, while the rest is claimed by Morocco. Instead Morocco considers SADR to be a buffr zone. As of ...
Taiwan, also known as Republic of China(ROC), is only recognized by 22 UN states members, and arguably due to Peoples Republic of China (PRC) influence, although it has informal ties with most other states via its representative offices. It is the first constitutional republic in Asia. In 1971, ...
A former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, ROSO declared independence from Georgia in 1990, and fighting has occured as recently as 2008 in its war. This war occured due to the Georgian government responding by abolishing South Ossetia's autonomy and trying to retake the region by ...
It is a disputed territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Causcasus. Its independence is recognized by 5 regional nations, but not by Georgia, as majority of nations consider Abkhazia as being part of Georgian territory. Even though in 1999 Abkhazia broke ...
A self-declared state, regocnized by Turkey, is seen as being occupied territory after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Tensions between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot populations in Cyprus culminated in 1974 with a coup d'état, an attempt to annex the island to Greece, and an ...
Officially pat of Moldovia, separated by a river, but enjoys greater independence than other states with limited recognition. Moldovia does not recognise its independence, but considers it as part of Moldovia as an autonomous territorial unit with a special legal status, but Most Transnistrians ...
