Partition,secession and peace in our time |
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| Authors: | Stanley Waterman |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel |
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| Abstract: | This paper deals with the comparative issues of partition and secession, both as territorial issues and as problems of sovereignty,
focussing on the state system. The democratic principle of national self-determination is recognised by the international
community but is unequally and cynically applied, designed to protect the existing system of states. Partition, division,
and secession, may heighten tensions between the parties and greatly magnify the extent of any future conflict, by creating
new sovereign states. The weakening of the nation-state within its own borders by forces of globalization unleashes intensely
nationalist sentiments, increasing instability within the state, and to partition or secession which, in turn, further destabilize
the interstate system.
This paper was written while an Academic Visitor in the Department of Geography, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University
of London. |
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