SOVEREIGNTY
SOVEREIGNTY
The Kurdish Referendum: Perpetual Victims
Kurdistan’s saga is far from over, but, for now, US influence has diminished significantly.
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EARLY WARNING | The Forgotten Do Not Forget
HISTORY
ESSENTIAL READING | Long Live the King
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
ESSENTIAL READING | Fiction, or Gaming?
CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA
Strategic Architecture: Power in the Mega-Cities
Advocates of the new “city-states” are emerging to challenge the advocates of revived national sovereignty. But can such polities actually handle the complexities of power without exercising absolute control over vital sources of the materials of survival?
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Cratometamorphosis: Inclusion, Exclusion, Seclusion?
The mounting hysteria over secessionist and sovereignty movements — whether in Catalonia, Scotland, Kurdistan, Turkey, West Papua, or Oromia — should cause political leaders to reflect on the causes of national schisms rather than merely to attempt to suppress them.
SOVEREIGNTY
Kim’s New Posture
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Governance Republic Versus Crown: Competition or Convergence?
A debate is emerging, for the first time in more than a century, over forms of governance. Is it a choice between “republic” and “monarchy”? Or something more? Are “crowned republics” an answer?
SOVEREIGNTY
The Indo-Pacific: The Question of West Papuan Independence
Indonesia is becoming increasingly concerned over the international momentum supporting the independence of West Papua.
SOVEREIGNTY
EARLY WARNING | Sovereignty in the 21st Century
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES