Post Tagged with: "secession"

The United Kingdom: A Marriage Saved, or Relationship on Life Support

The United Kingdom: A Marriage Saved, or Relationship on Life Support

October 2, 2014 at 8:35 am 0 comments

by Ewan Watt: Just days before Scots were due to vote whether to secede from the United Kingdom the unexpected happened. According to a YouGov poll 51 percent of Scots stated that they would vote in favor of independence—only the second favorable poll for the ‘Yes’ campaign in two years […]

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The Patchwork World: From State Sovereignty to Secessionism

The Patchwork World: From State Sovereignty to Secessionism

December 3, 2012 at 10:00 am 0 comments

by Matthew Cavedon Writing in the New York Times this week, Roger Cohen took modern secessionist movements to task as reactionary forces in an increasingly global world. He has his argument backwards—secessionism is increasingly influential precisely because of modern interconnectedness. “So much for globalization, the disappearance of frontiers in Europe, […]

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