Separatism and Contested Sovereignty – the Kurds and Catalan…

Week Four: Why is secession so hard? What are the contradictions built into the idea of sovereignty?

Read the 2017 New York Times article about the international politics of secession. Catch up on what’s happened over the last seven years – the Council on Foreign Relations timeline on the Kurds and the Foreign Policy article on Catalonia can help. Or, find your own sources.

This Discussion Post is open, so you can read student posts before you compose your essay.

What are the dilemmas of secession? [The word is NOT succession!] What is your position regarding the Catalan and/or Kurdish movements?

Include DATA to support your argument. Cite your sources.

Remember, divide your essay into at least three paragraphs. Then, after you’ve posted, go back and comment on two other posts. Which ideas that other students have made make most sense to you? Or perhaps you think not… politely disagree.