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The recent referenda held in Catalonia and Kurdish Iraq have reignited the debate over referenda, self-determination and unilateral secession and over the role of international law as a legal framework capable of governing and channelling those dramatic changes towards desired ends. The debate has been ever present in the Post Cold War period, considering that the number of states has increased from just over 150 to 196, with many of the new states emerging from non-consensual processes of separation. The present article assesses the general international legal framework applicable to secession, including the scope and content of principles such as territorial integrity, self-determination and uti possidetis and tests whether and to what extent the two recent separatist claims in Catalonia and Kurdistan fit into that framework. The lessons drawn are that international law is increasingly relevant to the regulation of secession and yet the practice related to the referendum in Catalonia highlights international law’s subsidiary regulatory function and the fact that, indeed, even in the twenty-first century, international law may, in some cases, remain neutral in secession attempts.

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Drugs and Security in the Caribbean: Sovereignty under SiegeIvelaw Lloyd Griffith University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997, xix, 295 p. - From Pirates to Drug Lords: The Post-Cold War Caribbean Security EnvironmentMichael C. Desch, Jorge I. Domínguez et Andrés Serbin, sous la direction de New York: State University of New York Press, 1998, viii, 161 p.

Canadian Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0008423900009793 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 809-811

Author(s):

Guillermo R. Aureano

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Cold War ◽

New York State ◽

State University ◽

Pennsylvania State University ◽

Post Cold War ◽

York State ◽

The Caribbean

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Does the US program of Conventional Prompt Global Strike threaten Russian national security?

Journal of International Analytics ◽

10.46272/2587-8476-2016-0-1-52-61 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 52-61

Author(s):

E. Zvedre

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

National Security ◽

Missile Defense ◽

Effective Response ◽

Post Cold War ◽

Rogue States ◽

Us Military ◽

The Us ◽

Ballistic Missile Defense ◽

Strategic Balance

The article analyses a concept of Conventional Prompt Global Strike aimed at developing weapons systems that can deliver a conventional warhead anywhere in the world within an hour as a prioritized part of the US military strategy. The Pentagon planners believe that deployment of CPGS weapon would allow a selective and far more effective response to post-cold war threats, such as international terrorist networks, “rogue states” and other adversaries, thus drastically reducing reliance on nuclear deterrent in a number of situations. Over the years the Pentagon’s R&D activities in this area encompassed numerous established and emerging weapon technologies, including use of surface-launched and sea-launched strategic missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles. The CPGS program is raising serious concerns in Moscow, where Russian officials consider it as a threat to Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenals and national security interests alongside with the US plans to develop and deploy global ballistic missile defense capabilities and attack weapons in space. Moscow predicts it could undermine strategic balance and trigger a nonnuclear arms race.

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