The phrase "assert territory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is claiming or establishing control over a specific area or domain, whether literally or metaphorically.
Example: "In the negotiations, the company sought to assert territory in the emerging market to gain a competitive advantage."
Alternatives: "claim dominance" or "establish control".
The writer, Sushanta Talukdar, wrote: They tried to assert their territory-linked ethno-linguistic and ethno-cultural identity and clamoured for political and cultural autonomy through movements spearheaded by mass organisations as well as armed groups, with each group claiming to be their sole representative.
"This is not the first instance in which Wikipedia has published a lengthy article on a nation or asserted national territory without an internationally recognized state.
Located in asserted traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, Lava Forks Provincial Park provides a location to study ecological processes associated with primary succession or the establishment of vegetation after a major disturbance.
With Britain's consolidation of power came maps to help the new rulers extract revenue and traverse inhospitable terrain.India's government still tries to use maps to assert control over territory.
Business and political leaders in Yuma argue that it's little more than a land grab by Mr. Jackson, a dubious attempt by the tribe to block much-needed development and assert claims to territory lost long ago.
Without the involvement of the two great superpowers, the field was left clear for Pakistan.Afghanistan's neighbour had long been anxious to see a weak, pliant regime in Kabul that would be hostile to India and not assert claims to territory ceded in 1893, under British pressure, to what is now Pakistan.
Khatib said the escalations were occurring as the war entered a new phase, with the U.S., Iran, and Russia all attempting to project power in eastern Syria to assert control over territory being lost by ISIS.
On what basis might the Security Council assert its authority over territory and statehood?
In an editor's note, Mr. Solotaroff announced that his publication would studiously avoid "the tendency toward cult and coterie by which literary magazines usually define their particular territory and assert their standards".
It means China is simply turning to illegal means to assert claims over this territory that it doesn't control," Dr. Malcolm Davis, assistant professor at Australia's Bond University, told VICE News.
