Alberta is not the only place in the world where questions of self-determination are live.
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As support for secessionist movements increases, it’s vital that political leaders reduce the divisions that threaten to tear the US apart.
The lame-duck period in the US is longer than in other Western democracies, which tend to make the transition over a period of just days.
While Western Australia’s secession movement foundered, it sparked a series of debates around London’s obligations to overseas Britons, Britannic identity, and the future of imperial relations.
Ethiopia has maintained strong ties with Somaliland since the 1980s when it supported a rebel movement in the breakaway region.
After more than 30 years of federalism, ethnic conflict in Ethiopia hasn’t been resolved – but neither has the country disintegrated.
Calls to secede have been heard from time to time in Kenya – most often around elections.
There was one central reason the Civil War happened.
An official proclamation issued by two Tennessee lawmakers commemorates Confederate History Month, fails to mention slavery and instead honors what it calls a “heroic struggle for states’ rights.”
Secession talk evokes fears of a second Civil War. But one scholar says secession is already happening in the US under a variety of guises.
Logistical challenges facing the 2023 elections remain huge given the number of political parties, the security environment and the number of contestants at various levels.
The increase in terror attacks has complicated the Kenyan government’s relationship with the country’s Muslim community.
WA Premier Mark McGowan’s strong stance on borders has reminded many of the long streak of separateness that has defined Western Australia throughout history.
Prevailing political attitudes, security actors, alliances and geopolitics differ starkly from the final days of the hated Ethiopian military regime.
The grievances of Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafran separatist groups are deeply rooted in the failure of the Nigerian state to implement post civil war peacebuilding initiatives.
Instead of fanning the flames, the West needs to be even-handed in bringing the warring sides to the table.
Colonial powers framed secessionism as a threat to state-building and not as an expression of self-determination
Scotland’s renewed push for independence is not only similar to Québec’s — there are also lessons for Scottish politicians in Canadian law on the concept of separation.
Each side in the bloody Nagorno-Karabakh conflict accuses the other of war crimes. Such allegations attract foreign attention and possibly intervention, but rarely lead to a peaceful solution.
There is a growing movement in Sabah and Sarawak for increased sovereignty or outright secession. Many feel the promises of federation haven’t been delivered.
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