Are there wars still going on, but officially ended? (found two)
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Tons. The most obvious example is the Korean War, which is technically still in effect, although there's been a cease-fire for the last 60 years.
Another rather famous example is the Arab-Israeli wars. Egypt signed a formal peace with Israel in the late 1970's. Jordan didn't officially bow out until 1994 - 20 years later. Most of the rest of the Arab states still refuse to, in part on the grounds that doing so would necessitate admitting that Israel exists as a state.
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Despite the fact that World War 2 ended on the 15th August 1945 with the surrender of Japan, two belligerents are yet to sign a peace treaty to end the war.
As of today neither Russia or Japan have officially signed a Peace Treaty to end the conflict between them.
This stems from a territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands situated to the north of Japan, Etorofu/Iturup(in Russian), Kunashiri, and Shikotan which are currently part of Russia. The islands were invaded by Russia in 1945 in the closing stages of WW2.
There have been a number of attempts to conclude the signing of a peace treaty, most notably from President Boris Yeltsin in 1990 and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Medvedev in 2009. These were met by a number of setbacks, firstly in the form of Prime Minister Taro Aso saying the islands were illegally invaded, and then by Russian military exercises near the Islands in 2011.
Sources: ForeignAffairs.com, Wikipedia, TheDiplomat.com
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As a matter of technicality, it's misleading to say the wars "are still going on" if there is no expectation of hostile action and no current violence. One current popular term is "frozen conflict." There are a number of frozen conflicts right now, where two or more parties have yet to declare peace or to otherwise accede to the outcome of a conflict or demilitarize. See, e.g., this list from wikipedia for a few alleged examples:
- Arab–Israeli conflict
- Cross-Strait relations
- Division of Korea
- Georgian–Abkhazian conflict
- Georgian–Ossetian conflict
- India–Pakistan relations
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus, including the War in Ingushetia
- Western Sahara conflict
- Cyprus dispute
Most of these situations are matters of former border wars or civil wars, or both, where the final outcome is not diplomatically accepted. The recent Crimea incursion might also arguably be included on this list.
The parties in most cases do not want war and have usually managed to minimize violent conflict, but a formal end to the war would signal acceptance of a new situation that one or both sides do not accept.
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