Secession

Secession is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance. Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the former Soviet republics leaving the Soviet Union, Ireland leaving the United Kingdom and Algeria leaving France. Threats of secession can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals. It is, therefore, a process, which commences once a group proclaims the act of secession (e.g. declaration of independence). A secession attempt might be violent or peaceful, but the goal is the creation of a new state …

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UNU WIDER: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research · 21 May 2024 English

WIDER Working Paper 2024/33-Extractive industries: transforming states and improving economic management

control of the revenue streams (and may seek secession to do so). Tensions can also arise when central


NTI: Nuclear Threat Initiative · 13 May 2024 English

Director General Grossi updated the Board on the work of the Support and Board of Governors Assistance Mission to the ZNPP (ISAMZ) to In accordance with the statute and the …

since the Agency observed that the HWPP was secession of the ad hoc monitoring and operating, and was that the electrochemical Additionally, since the secession of the ad cell had been removed. hoc monitoring


World Bank Group · 9 May 2024 English

to self-determination, including the right to secession; speak, write and develop their own languages;


Amnesty International · 8 May 2024 English

Responding to Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal approving a government bid to ban the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “The Hong Kong …

Security Law as it has been deemed a call for “secession” by the government. The government has previously National Anthem Ordinance, or even charged with “secession” under the National Security Law potentially leading


DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 7 May 2024 English

The commercial American space industry has political ideas that are shaping our future, shows new report

– indeed even as sympathetic to the idea of secession. In a 2022 interview Musk remarks that “there


EU: European Union · 3 May 2024 English

L'Europa rischia poi un'altra forma di secessione, più silenziosa e più drammatica: la secessione degli ultimi, il distacco


ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 28 April 2024 English

The Russian military is facing constraints on the amount of modern and effective equipment that it can and will be able to deploy in Ukraine, and the overall combat effectiveness …

narratives justifying Gagauzia’s theoretical future secession from Moldova, accusing Moldova of losing its sovereignty


UNU WIDER: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research · 25 April 2024 English

WIDER Working Paper 2024/27-Extractive industries: recognizing and managing the risks in resource-dependent economies

authoritarianism (e.g., Equatorial Guinea); to secession and conflict in oil producing areas (e.g., Nigeria’s


World Bank Group · 23 April 2024 English

to self-determination, including the right to secession; speak, write and develop their own languages;


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 22 April 2024 English

Second, India sought to reconcile the divergent positions of the two Superpower blocs in the Council.6 Moreover, India proposed the formation of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission (NNRC) and later …

CPA(Comprehensive Peace Agreement), leading to South Sudan’s secession and the establishment of the Republic of South


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