World History
The Coming Micro-States. I want to point at this post at Coming Anarchy. With the addition of Montenegro to the international community, and the likely addition soon of Kosovo, the question is starting to arise about whether there are more nations now than are really needed. The collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have added more than a dozen nations alone to the world stage.
Chirol writes, "The effects of Montenegro?s recent independence and Kosovo?s predicted independence are already rippling far beyond the Balkans. If Montenegro, a geographically small country of some 600,000 people, can achieve independence, why too shouldn?t others such as South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karbagh or Transdniestria?"
Indeed. And why shouldn't every other separatist group in the world try for this too? There is a lot of recent inspiration. But is this good for the world at large? Do we need more balkanization? Many aspirant states based on ethnicity have no chance such as Hawaii and the Lakota nation which will probably fail as the local populations which are overwhelmingly not made up of the local ethnic separatists groups have no interest in independence. The international community will not force this undemocratically. However, ethnic groups in Spain, Italy, the UK, etc. who actually make up the majority of a population of a separatist area may be successful.
Although most separatist attempts at world balkanization will fail, we almost surely will see many new nations in the near future. History has shown that many of these new states will have a limited duration and will eventually be absorbed by larger entities. It should be interesting...
Additional note: Separatists groups hate being called separatists. They almost always claim that their "nations" were never legally acquired in the first place and hence they are asking to be restored to their proper and correct status. Secession is a dirty term to them. My apologies to these groups but that is not the way the international community views it so I will continue to use the "S" word.
- Vermont Separatists In Alliance With White Supremacists
Last year, I wrote a post titled Vermont Liberation Front! It described a movement which hopes to have Vermont secede from the USA. I outlined my objections to this based on my understanding of history, law, and reality. However, now I have a new objection....
- Illegally Occupy This! Miland Brown's Tips For American Separatists Updated
Last summer, I wrote a post titled Miland Brown's Eight Tips for American Separatists. It was a follow up to The Dominion of British West Florida and Tips for Creating an American Separatist Cause. The latter post was extensively commented on and...
- Wacky American Separatists
The world is full of regions and ethnic groups clamoring for independence. Some have valid causes, most do not. Just because you have your own administrative region or history as a people going back thousands of years does not mean you get your own nation...
- Hawaiian Independence?
Hawaiian Independence? How many states are there in the American Union? It is 50 of course. But some will try to claim there are only 49! How? They misread history by claiming Hawaii is not really an American state. The root of this confusion has to do...
- History Of Hawaii
History of Hawaii. This is a decent (although uneven) history of the American state of Hawaii. Of particular interest is the last paragraph which takes aim at the Hawaiian Independence (separatist) Movement. Hawaiian independence from the USA is no more...
World History
The Coming Micro-States
The Coming Micro-States. I want to point at this post at Coming Anarchy. With the addition of Montenegro to the international community, and the likely addition soon of Kosovo, the question is starting to arise about whether there are more nations now than are really needed. The collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have added more than a dozen nations alone to the world stage.
Chirol writes, "The effects of Montenegro?s recent independence and Kosovo?s predicted independence are already rippling far beyond the Balkans. If Montenegro, a geographically small country of some 600,000 people, can achieve independence, why too shouldn?t others such as South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karbagh or Transdniestria?"
Indeed. And why shouldn't every other separatist group in the world try for this too? There is a lot of recent inspiration. But is this good for the world at large? Do we need more balkanization? Many aspirant states based on ethnicity have no chance such as Hawaii and the Lakota nation which will probably fail as the local populations which are overwhelmingly not made up of the local ethnic separatists groups have no interest in independence. The international community will not force this undemocratically. However, ethnic groups in Spain, Italy, the UK, etc. who actually make up the majority of a population of a separatist area may be successful.
Although most separatist attempts at world balkanization will fail, we almost surely will see many new nations in the near future. History has shown that many of these new states will have a limited duration and will eventually be absorbed by larger entities. It should be interesting...
Additional note: Separatists groups hate being called separatists. They almost always claim that their "nations" were never legally acquired in the first place and hence they are asking to be restored to their proper and correct status. Secession is a dirty term to them. My apologies to these groups but that is not the way the international community views it so I will continue to use the "S" word.
- Vermont Separatists In Alliance With White Supremacists
Last year, I wrote a post titled Vermont Liberation Front! It described a movement which hopes to have Vermont secede from the USA. I outlined my objections to this based on my understanding of history, law, and reality. However, now I have a new objection....
- Illegally Occupy This! Miland Brown's Tips For American Separatists Updated
Last summer, I wrote a post titled Miland Brown's Eight Tips for American Separatists. It was a follow up to The Dominion of British West Florida and Tips for Creating an American Separatist Cause. The latter post was extensively commented on and...
- Wacky American Separatists
The world is full of regions and ethnic groups clamoring for independence. Some have valid causes, most do not. Just because you have your own administrative region or history as a people going back thousands of years does not mean you get your own nation...
- Hawaiian Independence?
Hawaiian Independence? How many states are there in the American Union? It is 50 of course. But some will try to claim there are only 49! How? They misread history by claiming Hawaii is not really an American state. The root of this confusion has to do...
- History Of Hawaii
History of Hawaii. This is a decent (although uneven) history of the American state of Hawaii. Of particular interest is the last paragraph which takes aim at the Hawaiian Independence (separatist) Movement. Hawaiian independence from the USA is no more...