New approach: Why Russia and Japan might finally settle the island dispute
Photo: Putin and Abe during the meeting in Sochi, May 2016 (Source: Sputnik News) World War II has not only left a huge impact on modern international relations but also a number of unresolved issues. It has been 71 years since its end and yet, there are two countries who until now failed to sign a peace treaty due to a lack of agreement on the territorial status of four islands in the Pacific. A number of measures were proposed by both Russia (and before that, Soviet Union)