It is also the locus of several longstanding sources of tension or conflict (for example in Kashmir, Sri Lanka, on the borders of Afghanistan, in Aceh and Mindanao, across the Taiwan Straits, in the South China Sea, and on the Korean peninsula).
In Asien befinden sich ferner mehrere Langzeitkonfliktherde (Kaschmir, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Aceh, Mindanao, die Straße von Taiwan, das Südchinesische Meer und die Koreanische Halbinsel).