Demographic situation in the Kazakhstan-Russian border region

Abstract

As we know, in the historical practice of international relations, many different conflicts arose due to disputes over the issue of territorial affiliation. However, one of the little-studied in the Kazakh research environment is the conflict over the Liancourt Islands (rocks). This long-term dispute between Japan and South Korea has raised a lot of questions about the significance of the Liancourt Islands and their economic and political value for both countries. The authors consider the problems of the Liancourt Islands from the point of view of geopolitical and geo-economic benefits, since it is the determination of the territorial affiliation of these islands that will mean which side will win or lose this international dispute. In recent years, the dispute over the ownership of the Liancourt Islands has become more and more acute, each side puts forward its own version of the origin and ownership of these islands. Despite the fact that the islands are not large in area and are rocky formations, they have great economic potential, since, according to the latest data, the islands have large deposits of minerals.The territorial dispute over the islands and the problem of belonging to these islands has become, for the two states, a symbol of international influence in the region. The issue of ownership of the Liancourt Islands has a multifaceted nature and a detailed consideration of this issue will allow us to better reveal the essence of the international dispute between South Korea and Japan.