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Where Is the Next Global Flashpoint?

Mapping the world's most dangerous borders, and why a line on a map is still where wars start

Global Flashpoint Monitor, DT Linux

Global Flashpoint Monitor, DT Linux
DT Linux Data Lab

Global Flashpoint Monitor

An interactive companion to DT Linux's 2026 border risk briefing, tracking six militarized borders where troops, incidents, and unresolved territorial disputes currently overlap the most: Pakistan and Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, India and Pakistan, India and China, North and South Korea, and Venezuela and Guyana.

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Sources: Al Jazeera and News on Air (India), reporting on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border war · Sudan Tribune on the Ethiopia-Eritrea-Sudan border clash · Stars and Stripes on the Korea DMZ incident · International Crisis Group, "10 Conflicts to Watch in 2026" · ACLED Conflict Index & 2026 Watchlist · International Court of Justice proceedings, with JURIST and IMUNA reporting on Guyana v. Venezuela. Full citations, 14 in total, are in the accompanying written report. This dashboard reflects public reporting available as of August 2026 and is a risk synthesis, not a prediction of certainty.
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