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Liberland’s Empty Promises to Syrian Refugees Scorned by Other Micronations
In the midst of the Middle Eastern refugee crisis roiling Europe, an unrecognized “micronation” on a chunk of no-man’s-land between Serbia and Croatia is trying to market itself as a haven for tens of...
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Tsimshian Protest Camp on Small Canadian Island Defies Massive Natural-Gas...
Since late August, members of an indigenous First Nations community from the Tsimshian (also spelled Ts’msyen) Nation have been occupying—“re-occupying,” as they prefer to put it—an island off the...
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Near Russia’s Arctic Rim, Karelians Bristle under Putin’s Rule
Vladimir Putin, as this blog tirelessly points out, is a hypocrite when it comes to separatism. Though the authoritarian Russian president arms and funds separatists in places like Ukraine, Georgia,...
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Ten Separatist Movements to Watch in 2016
A year ago in this space, I offered my predictions for which separatist movements would capture the world’s headlines in 2015. Some of those, such as East Turkestan (in western China) (no. 8) and the...
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“Captain Moroni” and “Y’all-Qaeda”: Why the Armed Standoff in Oregon Is Being...
Back in spring of 2014, I wrote in this space about the armed confrontation in southern Nevada led by the extremist Mormon rancher Cliven Bundy. He was in serious arrears for grazing fees on federal...
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Separatist Updates for January 1-15, 2016: New Catalan President, Oregon...
TOP STORYAfter Coalition Deal, New Catalan President Vows Independence within 18 Months. President Artur Mas of Catalonia lost his chance to form a fragile coalition government for his autonomous...
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Separatist Updates for January 16-31, 2016: Taiwan’s New Pro-Independence...
TOP STORYTSAI ING-WEN ELECTED TAIWAN PRESIDENT FOR PRO-INDEPENDENCE PARTY—FIRST FEMALE LEADER OF A CHINESE-SPEAKING COUNTRYIn Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, a 59-year-old legal scholar, was elected on January...
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Separatist Updates for February 1-15, 2016: Oregon Standoff Ends; Hong Kong's...
TOP STORYLAST HOLDOUT AT OREGON WILDLIFE REFUGE SURRENDERS;PATRIARCH CLIVEN BUNDY ARRESTED OVER 2014 NEVADA SIEGE;FOLLOWERS VOW TO CARRY ON FIGHT OVER FEDERAL LAND POLICYThe last of the armed extremist...
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End of an Era: Ramzan Kadyrov’s Decision to Step Aside Leaves a Power Vacuum,...
I don’t think I was alone in assuming that the Chechen Republic’s bigger-than-life, flamboyant, authoritarian president, Ramzan Kadyrov, would stay in office as long as he possibly could, whether by...
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Separatist Updates for February 16-29, 2016: Fishball Revolt Leader Arrested;...
TOP STORY:HONG KONG INDEPENDENCE BACKER POLLS STRONGLY IN LOCAL VOTE;“FISHBALL REVOLUTION” ORGANIZER ARRESTED; COPS SAY BOMBS FOUND“‘Radical’?” asked Edward Leung Tin-kei when asked about the Chinese...
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Separatist Update for March 1-15, 2016: Russian Withdrawal May Set Stage for...
TOP STORY:PUTIN SUDDENLY DECLARES DRAW-DOWN FROM SYRIAN CIVIL WARAS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OPENLY CONTEMPLATES PARTITION;KURDS TILTING TOWARD RUSSIAN–ALAWITE AXIS, AWAY FROM WEST,WHILE TURKISH WAR ON...
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Separatist Update for March 16-24, 2016: Syrian Kurds Declare Autonomy...
TOP STORY:KURDS IN SYRIA DECLARE AUTONOMOUS “ROJAVA–NORTHERN SYRIA”;IRAQI KURDISH PRESIDENT PROMISES REFERENDUM BY OCTOBERMembers of Kurdish and other ethnic groups in the northern border region of...
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