3.3. 3 Modern Day Sovereignty Issues
About 192, 193 S.S in today’s world
193 on its way which is
East Timor
o
Located in the Indonesian Archipelago
o
Submitted its application, the world agreed to it
Another dozen or two dozen areas on Earth that have nations of peoples within them
that may or may not be actively trying to become S.S either now or in the very near
future.
(A) Likely new states
a.
Palestine – area in Israel which occupies part of it
i.
They have been working on and off on a two-state solution to become a
full S.S
ii.
Have about a hundred other S.S which recognize its independence
b.
Greenland – colony of Denmark
i.
Probably going to peacefully become independent S.S because the Danish
government thought they should cut them loose
(B) Possibly future states (not hot now)
a.
Scotland – part of the UK
i.
There are movement for independence
b.
Quebec – Canada
i.
French speaking
ii.
French culture
iii.
Had referendums in the past where to vote themselves independent and
they’ve been very close votes
(C)
Violently trying to be a state
a.
Chechnya – little province or territory in the Caucasus Mountains
i.
They’ve been trying to get independent for about a decade
ii.
Russians had an ongoing war with them for over a decade now
iii.
Chechen terrorist groups blew up stuff in Moscow, about once or three
times a year
b.
Basque, Northern Spain – ethnic group
i.
Been trying to get a separate Basque country for some time
ii.
Government of Spain had to put them down, try to negotiate them out of
doing that
c.
Transnistria, Moldova
d.
Kurds of Kurdistan
i.
They’ve been fighting for 100 to 200 years for a separate Kurdistan
ii.
Have active terrorist/rebel groups working for them as well in different
places
(D) Can never be states – cause of all sorts of international consternation because they have
pitted international powers against one another in their battle to gain independence
a.
Taiwan – island off the coast of Southeast China
i.
China for 60 years off and on for independence movement, petition for
independence
ii.
At one point, may have had 60 or 80 different countries which recognized
its independence
iii.
China is on the Permanent Security Council and China will veto any
movement that the UN would have towards officially recognizing
Taiwanese independence and sovereignty
iv.
Never happen in today’s rules
v.
When things have progressed in the last 20 years and China has gotten
more powerful, the Taiwanese issue kind of slowly slid away
vi.
Down to about 23 countries only and they’re very minor countries
vii.
US shifted and we used to recognize but didn’t get involved. They wanted
