The World’s Leading Independence Movements | Part 2
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- What are the world’s leading independence movements? Across the planet, there are numerous territories and groups seeking independence. Many are small and little known. However, some manage to attract considerable international attention. But while their names may be familiar to many people, the issues at stake may not be so well-understood.
In this second part, I continue my brief guide to 20 of world's leading independence movements, campaigns, conflicts and disputes. I cover a range of de facto states and separatist movements and look at the leading contenders to be the next member of the United Nations from across Africa, Oceania, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. As well as looking at the origins of the cases, I also look at where they currently stand, and where they might go in the future.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction and Titles
0:40 Choosing the Independence Movements
1:40 Chuuk
3:20 West Papua
5:10 Somaliland
6:53 Kurdistan
8:36 Abkhazia (and South Ossetia)
10:40 Palestine
12:50 Republika Srpska
14:19 Ambazonia
16:22 Catalonia
18:10 Quebec
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I'm from somaliland i love ur channal Mr. Jemes
Thank you so much! I always appreciate support from anyone from Somaliland. I hope that you are well.
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@Dax Beau yea, I have been watching on flixzone for years myself :D
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Another interesting video. Maybe next you could do the most likely cases of countries uniting. (Romania+Moldova, Ireland+Northern Ireland, Korea etc.)
Thanks! That’s such a great topic. I find the links between ethnic kin states in SE Europe absolutely fascinating: Greece and Cyprus; Albania and Kosovo; Romania and Moldova; Bulgaria and Macedonia 😉🤭. Interestingly, in all the cases you have the usually fairly stable metropolitan centre and the smaller satellite kin state with deep political divisions. This is something I’d really like to cover.
@@JamesKerLindsay Finally I said about Romania and Moldova uniting a long time ago...
(With the possibility of swapping Transnistria with Ukraine and in exchange Ukraine giving some of it's Romanian speaking areas to the New Romania)
@@JamesKerLindsay To begin with, Apkhazeti (Abkhazia) have always been Georgian (even when it was independent principality, it has been always Georgian). In addition, Vanuatu and Tuvalu has withdrawn recognition of Russian-occupied territories of Georgia as independent states. Today, only Russian Federation, Syria, Nauru, Venezuela and Nicaragua recognize so-called independence of Russian-occupied Georgian territories of Apkhazeti (Abkhazia) and Tskhinvali region (so-called South Ossetia).
I have say, this channel’s neutral perspective and thorough contextual approach is wonderful, thank you.
+1 for Ambazonia and + 1 for Chuuk ! Must admit that I never ever heard of both before... Great work ! I enjoy watching this informative channel.
I am from Ambazonia thank you very much Mr James speaking about our independence struggle.
Thank you. I hope to do a longer video on it in the New Year.
@@JamesKerLindsay I am an activist and advocate for the recognition of Ambazonia. I would like to invite you as a guest to our Ambazonian Satellite TV to talk about this subject.
Whilst not an independence movement, do you have any views on the wider cornish nationalist movement? Being from Cornwall I've always felt an unquantifiable sense of our distinctness and identity! I recently discovered this channel and it is a fantastic resource for me; you should be very proud of it!
Thanks so much. Great suggestion. I’d love to take a look at it at some point. I have long wanted to do more on the U.K. However, the videos I have done on Britain have tended to do really badly in the past! But I would certainly like to be able to do ones from time to time and Cornwall is such an interesting case.
And thanks so much for the really kind words about the channel. I really appreciate it!
@@JamesKerLindsay Replying to a comment on a year old video within ten minutes deserves more than kind words! You have undoubtedly the highest level of interaction with your community I have ever seen!
I've never heard of Ambazonia before and would love to see a full video about it! Thank you for the wonderful channel.
Hei If you are interested to know more about Ambazonia do check my CZcams channel. I am an activist from Ambazonia.
As a Faroese, I do appreciate at least getting an honourable mention towards the end. Great video, Prof. Ker-Lindsay.
Thanks so much! :-) What are thoughts on independence there like these days?
@@JamesKerLindsay It creeps up from time to time but it's not as active as around the turn of the millennium when independence negotiations took place. A Faroese constitution has been in the works for a few years and one of the drafts almost caused an internal incident. There have also been talks about a new referendum but that turned out to be empty election promises. So it's not particularly active but it could go forwards. The population seems to be split roughly down the middle but that's been the case for a long time.
From somaliland ....thank you mr jemes
Thank you for watching! I hope you found it interesting. What did you think of the selection? Best wishes from London.
@@JamesKerLindsay I think you know somaliland very well....b/c somaliland is brithish protectorate ...so you are brithish person
I must say that this week of waiting has been totally worth. Your videos are as interesting and as well done as any other "big youtubers" out there. Keep going like this and thank you for the effort, I enjoyed very much this video it was super helpful.
Thank you so much, Filippo. I am so glad you found it useful and took the time to let me know. I always really appreciate the support! I hope you are well.
A shame that secession is illegal in so many places. All they have to do is please these regions rather than repress.
I’m English and support English independence, for a variety of reasons 1 English democracy/ structure of government is outdated, bad voting system and political corruption, 2 England needs to focus on its self and not on controlling other countries within the British Isles, 3 creating a democracy that represents the whole country from north-south England and expanding democracy. I believe that England’s current government system focuses on the control of the countries within the uk as a way to relive the past British empire. I also do not think the uk as it stands today works for all involved.
Seconded!
Does English independence included the Principality of Whales?
@@Jotari wales 🏴 is a great country and it’s people deserve a government that is not starved of resources by Westminster
@@Jotari Nah, Wales is it's own thing. Ideally we'd both be independent with the sort of relationship Australia and NZ have, free movement, free trade, and the like.
I wholeheartedly support this. Save Britain from the UK!
It will be really appreciated if you could do one on Ambazonia as the situation is rapidly changing with recent attempts by the Canadian governemtn to mediate for a peaceful resolution
Vive le Québec Libre!
Superb, James. It's a real pleasure to the mind to hear your explanations and deep Knowledgeable.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it.
So, that my second group of the world's main independence movements and disputes. What do you think? Did I get it right? Let me know below.
Part I here: czcams.com/video/lEUUQK9yebU/video.html
1967 war was started by Isreali and before that it was also Isreali that inbaded egypt.
Hi, Omar here a regular who always watches your channel
I changed my picture in support of the West Papuan case they deserve all the help and attention they can get
1- what happens in West Papua is a disgrace for human rights record
2- since independence, 500,000 Papuans were killed at the hands of the indonesian army from 1969 to today
3- activists and leaders of the ( ULMWP ) which is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua got jailed and many activists are getting jailed by the indonesian courts getting ruled for 17 or more years in prison without fare trails , although thankfully after pressure on the Indonesian President, he did release some of the activists
4- also let’s not forget to mention that the Act Of Free Choice of 1969 was fake it wasn’t a free and democratic referendum and let’s forget that pictures and documents show the referendum was held at gun point as I did find pictures with elders going to the ballots with Indonesian soldiers ganging up on them and threatening so OF COURSE they had to vote in favor in order not to lose their lives
5- in 1962 joined secret talks between Indonesia , The Netherlands and USA were held in Washington DC to look up this topic and it decided the fate of the Papuans in which not a single Papuan was consulted or asked for his opinion insisting that the secret agreement of Washington DC was a treaty of “ broken promises “ in which supposedly a true referendum never took place
6- the leader of the ULMWP Benny Wanda said that “ what is happening there is illegal occupation and colonization of our land “
The ULMWP movement is demanding an internationally supervised independence referendum for West Papua
After I saw all that they went through I just couldn’t help it but feel sorry for them because these people deserve independence the most they are barely recognized on the world map let alone that most people in the world doesn’t know West Papua exists, they are treated unfairly but enough is enough We demand change ✌🏿👊🏿🙌🏻
Hi Omar, great stuff! I saw the flag. Very nice. It really is a forgotten independence movement. I hope all is well with you.
James Ker-Lindsay
Thank you very much
Omar Al kayal It seems you are not Papuan or even Indonesian. There are native papuans in Indonesia delegation to the United States, so your statement is just flatly wrong. Jokowi wasn’t forced to release those prisoners, it was a token of goodwill to resolve the fighting, Jokowi won 80% of papuan vote in Indonesian general election, what is the reply from separatist group? Nduga Massacre. The act of free choice isn’t one man one vote because of the vast geographical area and the fact that the dutch neglect the infrastructure, hence the representatives who had been elected by their tribes, mostly tribal leaders. There are no ULMWP in west papua as these organization are formed outside of papua and consist of foreigners and exiled papuan. There are many small groups operating in west papua though which fight each other as often, as they fight papuan police and military.
Number 2 is very bullshit.
You know nothing about real Papua
James, I'm very happy to subscribe your channel cuz you're Somaliland friend. Love ❤️ from Somaliland.
Thanks so much! I hope all is well over there. Warmest greetings from London. 🙂
From Nairobi.. As a student of history , i regret why i didn't discover this channel earlier. Much thanks for the great channel
Thank you so much! It’s great to hear that you have discovered it. A very warm welcome! :-) And do please spread the word. If you know anyone else who may be interested, do let them know! Very best regards from London.
@@JamesKerLindsay Thanks again. I'm sharing the link asap.
@@ochiengdavid3896 Thank you! 🙂🙏🏻
You have submitted a very experienced article, I am from Somaliland, this very interesting channel, we hope you more articles like this.
Thnks mr james.
Thank you so much for the very kind comment. I am really glad you liked it. I hope to do more on Somaliland. It is such an interesting country.
James ker-Lindsay thank you for your information and motivation,, for ever Somaliland rep,,
Thank you so much!
Most of these are new to me, thanks for the video, truly
Excellent your knowleadge and explanation. Keep.it up.
Oh, yay, next part!
Evening! Thanks. 😀 I hope you like it.
Am happy to hear you talk about ambazonia independence struggle. People are really dying in this country. Thanks very much sir
It is truly tragic situation. So utterly avoidable. Here is my full video on the topic: czcams.com/video/meAmQf31Te8/video.html
Hi James, I am so happy that I got to hear your videos about the independence movements. I wonder have you ever heard about Karen people struggle for their own independence country, Kawthoolei? Our freedom movement has already last for 7 decades and it becomes the longest revolution movement of the world today. Many of your videos gave me so in depth knowledge how to fight for my country to be one of the future counties on your video. So our fight won´t be a silence fight anymore. All the best and will keep following your up coming new video.
Thank you
James Ker-Lindsay, I am from Somaliland and really appreciate this:) Just wanna say Somaliland was British protectorate and will always be close to United Kingdom, thank you
Thank you. I know that the UK does indeed have a very good relationship with Somaliland. Let’s hope it gets stronger.
Great video as always!
In a future video, It would be interesting to hear your thoughts about Irelands independence.
Thanks. I would love to tackle this topic. I just need to be super sensitive to how I address it given that I am British (albeit with strong Celtic roots 🏴🏴🇮🇪🙂). There is a lot of room for people to misinterpret what I say. That said, it is certainly on my list.
Awesome educational content.
Thanks so much! Do please share it if there’s anyone else you know who might be interested in it. By the way, are there any cases you’d like to see me cover?
Actually, the Catalan conflict, started over 300 years ago.
Indeed. Every conflict I cover has a long history. But I try to find an appropriate moment to start the story for the purposes of explaining current international relations.
I'm from somaliland too sir and i love ur channal Mr. Jemes thanks allot showing the world who we are
Thanks so much. I am glad you enjoy the channel and let me know. I really appreciate it!
Love the 2-part video! Please do check out the ongoing independence movement of Tamil Eelam (it was a de-facto state in Sri Lanka)
Thank you so much. Fantastic suggestion. I have been meaning to make a video on Tamil Eelam for quite a while.
Awesome James
Thanks so much! I hope you’re keeping well.
Excellent
I've watched 4 videos so far, I like what I've seen. As for as independence is concerned I am a Sicilian independence supporter, would you look into that?
Karakalpakstan has been in the news recently. I must admit I've never heard of it. Would it be possible for you to take a look at this one please Prof?
Thank you for mentioning Ambazonia in your very educative video series. The central government in Yaounde Cameroon 🇨🇲 continues with the brutal crackdown of the peace loving Ambazonian English speaking people up still date. Women and babies are killed, millions displaced, hundreds of villages burnt down by the French Cameroon central government, (full genocide in progress). #the Ambazonia struggle MUST end with total independent and nothing less.
Thank you. It is a very worrying situation that really doesn’t get enough international attention, and is seemingly getting worse. I plan to do a full video on it in the new year.
I found you later but your wisdom and analysis make me amused enormously. I am from Bangladesh and a stalwart supporter of the independence of Palestine.
Thanks so much. Really glad you discovered the channel. A very warm welcome!
REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND 26JUN 1960
thank you sir for speaking well of somaliland
If you decide to come back to this topic at any point, I'd suggest taking a look at the Cape Independence movement in South Africa. It was a joke barely two years ago, but it's been gaining momentum REALLY fast.
Curious to know why you didn't include Northern Ireland in the list, I know you have covered the territory in other vids
Mr. Ker Lindsay: Here's one more suggestion...
With the recent problems on Belarus let's remind everyone about the possibility of it uniting with mother Russia into the Union State that actually has a proposed flag, anthem and coat of arms.
I hope you talk about it any time soon I'll jump to see your notifications.
Have a great day Mr. Ker Lindsay
Thanks so much. You must have been reading my mind! :-) I was thinking exactly the same. This would be a really interesting topic to cover. Let me look into it.
Somaliland has a strong legal case. From somaliland i support your channel thanks Mr James.
No mention of Biafra?
Tokelau seems relevant here in reverse, another Pacific atoll Nation in a dependency under New Zealand which technically makes it a colony.
They recently had an independence referendum that fell short by only of few votes.
The New Zealand Government in the past has pushed them to be independent as they are officially recognised as a colony by the UN and that’s not a list anyone wants to be on even by technicality.
It seems like there may be some opening up of options with recent proposals for entering Aotearoa/New Zealand properly thus getting rid of the colony status.
I would really like to see a video about autonomy movements over the world, where the main goal is not independence or break away, but to establish greater autonomy or simply autonomy at all. (Transylvania for example)
Thank you!
Or Normandy (Mouvement Normandie).
You omitted BIAFRA, Why?.
I am a bit worried now - I was watching another political video, and upon the narrator saying the word : "Independence", notification for this video popped up
Haha! Don’t you just hate it when CZcams does that! I hope you enjoyed it though!?
You forget Kabylia and Québec independence !!!!!!
Can you do sandžak next is a region that is divided between Serbia and Montenegro
I would really like to do one on Sandzak. It is an interesting area. I went through it a number of years ago. I’d actually be rather tempted to include a trend of mine who is a leading authority on the area.
Most scholars now agree that the Six-Day War was a pre-emptive Israeli initiative (perhaps even, in the light of subsequent events, an elective war). The Palestinian issue also differs from the other cases in that it is as much a struggle for citizenship as for independence.
I will like you to make an elaborate Video talking only about AMBAZONIA alone, these people have really suffered and neglected by the international community.
Thank you. An excellent suggestion. I promise that Ambazonia is very high on my list of cases to cover.
You're missing Wales! One fo the fastest growing movements at the world with currently polling at 35-40% support with large area of the population being 'indy curious'
Thanks. I could never forget Wales! 🏴 If it became independent, I’d be a Welsh citizen. 😃
Seriously, I hope to do a video on Wales at some point.
@@JamesKerLindsay brilliantly to hear! ❤🏴
Love you from Ethiopia you are intelligent man 👨 👍👍🙏
I think Wales merits full discussion in a putative part 3 since the movement has grown massively.
Thanks David. You are right. I hope to come back to this - not least of all because I would almost certainly be a citizen of an independent Wales! 🏴😀
Of all the 20 cases represented the one of the people of Somaliland is the one I sympathize the most. I just hope that I will se a free and an independent Somaliland someday.
Vivre le Québec libre love your channel
Thank you very much! :-)
What about Tibet?
Somaliland has a very very strong case, not just because of the fact we militarly control our own territory , but we have legal rights to exist based on the AU constitution, all our borders were legally demarcated by the colonials . Unlike those other territories you mentioned we rely on no body except god. Our brothers the Kurds are tough as well militarly and economically . Their weakness is they are easy to be used and betrayed by the west.
Why want to brake away with Somalia
Ok yusuf
@@user-qq9rh6gg7g They ie "Somaliland" can't break away cause of multiple factors.
1. Its a "Country" formed by a single tribe(Isaq) that historically occupy the areas around The capital Hargessa but are also found across the north
2. Somaliland claims lands in Sool & Sanaag that belong to a Clan Dulbahantee, since 2007 some of the areas were invaded by an occupying forces still present to this day and if given a choice these areas would vote for autonomy within a unified somalia and against the sessionist Clan.
3. To there western border with Djibouti also lies lands belong to clans that are also not part of the sessionist agenda.
They are multiple other reasons but these ones spring to mind as to why there breakaway ambitions have yet to come to fruition.
@@maxamedjama7531 faqash boy keep crying
@@mahamedaden4919 if thats your comeback you have a long way to go. You claim Dulbahantee and Waasengeli yet your true colors come out. Got news for you Sool and Sanaag will never secessed from Somalia it doesn't matter how much money you pay a couple of loud mouths at the end of the day they are and will always be part of Somalia and also includes occupied lands in Borama.
100th like. This channel is underrated!
Thanks so much for the support! Always appreciated!
Also Ryukyu in Japan, Punjab, Sekkim, Assam and many more in India...
I think your list for TOP 20 is well thought out and logical. I would have selected almost all of the same ones, though, as you said, there are many more states waiting to become independent. The only one I would question would be Nagorno Karabakh or Artsakh as they go by now, for they fall, in my reckoning, into the same category as South Ossetia, in that I believe their only goal is to be united with Armenia proper and not accede to sovereign statehood which is the purpose of this list. I also strongly agree with you that Somaliland is one of the strongest contenders for independence.
Thanks so much, Jay. It was actually a surprisingly difficult list to put together. I’m so glad you raised the great point about Nagorno-Karabakh. As it happens, I was thinking about this as well - especially after my recent video on NKR. It does seem that the situation has become more about union with Armenia (indeed it probably always was) than any attempt to be independent in its own right. That said, and on balance I just felt it qualified for inclusion more than South Ossetia and probably should be there. But I can certainly see a very strong case for having left it out too. As a matter of interest, if you were to swap it out, which other case would you have gone for?
@@JamesKerLindsay Perhaps the Basque Country (Euskal Herria) as they have worked so hard for recognition, or Barotseland which has been given a bad deal much like Ambazonia, though they have monarchs, I am not sure they have set up much of a government as of late. One other I have just thought of is Cabinda, a separate people from Angolans and seeking self rule.
Jay Briefzehn Thanks again, Jay. Yes, I thought about the Basque Country but felt that given the choice, Catalonia was a better one to include. Barotseland and Cabinda are also fascinating. I must do something on them. So many cases to explore!
You should add the South Island, to be formally part of New Zealand
Hello James Kar-Lindsay,
I'm following all your videos.... I wonder if you might be able to talk us about Kabylia Movement for independence ( called "MAK'') from Algeria in north Africa...which Algerian authorities classed recently as a terrorist movement due to our popularity and internationalisation of our case... I want to underline you that we are a peaceful people and movement... I invite you to Take a look in internet for more information
I beg you sir to accept the expression of our most distinguished greetings !
I from Somaliland thanks very much mr pic respect
What about the reunification of Ireland..
Thanks. I’d put that in a different category. These are movements aiming to create their own state. Irredentist movements fall into a different group. But I should really try to do something on those too. That could certainly make an interesting video.
To begin with, Apkhazeti (Abkhazia) have always been Georgian (even when it was independent principality, it has been always Georgian). In addition, Vanuatu and Tuvalu has withdrawn recognition of Russian-occupied territories of Georgia as independent states. Today, only Russian Federation, Syria, Nauru, Venezuela and Nicaragua recognize so-called independence of Russian-occupied Georgian territories of Apkhazeti (Abkhazia) and Tskhinvali region (so-called South Ossetia).
Another territory which received no mention is an enclave that is currently ruled by Angola. This territory which was previously referred to as the Portuguese Congo and is now called Cabinda, attempted to form its own independent State immediately following the withdrawal of the Portuguese Armed Forces from all of its former African colonies. However, the demand for independence by most Cabindans and its rebel armies was thwarted when the new MPLA led Government in Angola seized this territory by force and re-incorporated Cabinda into Angola. Even so, a Cabindan Government-in-Exile continues to operate at its headquarters in Paris, France.
This was great! I personally think Bougainville or South Yemen is the most likely 194th, and, having been to the Georgia-South Ossetia border, agree that people there didn't really act like it was independent (the Russian border had actual security).
Thank you so much, Alex. Bougainville was top of my list after the referendum, but Papua New Guinea has been giving some worrying indications that it might not now accept the result and offer a watered down autonomy deal. South Yemen is an interesting one. I think the problem is that no one really wants to destabilise the situation in Yemen further at this stage. New Caledonia and Chuuk also seem to be possible options. So interesting to hear that you’ve been up to South Ossetia. Unfortunately, although I’ve been to Georgia, I didn’t have the chance to travel up there. It must have been fascinating! And glad you agreed with my assessment. I actually really struggled with what to do with it!
@@JamesKerLindsay Mr.James you should definitely visit villages, bordering the Russian-occupied territory of the Tskhinvali region(so-called South Ossetia). You`ll see the result of Russian illegal activities on Georgian territories. Georgia is still suffering from "crawling occupation" Russian occupation forces are actively changing so-called borders by the wish of the Kremlin and erasing anything Georgian from Georgian territories, sometimes Russian soldiers also kidnap local people, then Georgia, the EU monitoring mission, and the US have to do much to force Russian occupation regime to release kidnapped people, there are cases when some of the kidnapped people were tortured to death. The situation is even worse in the occupied Tskhinvali region and Apkhazeti, people used to come to Tbilisi-controlled territories to get free medical services and free education, but a few years ago Russia and Russian-backed de-facto regimes of so-called South Ossetia and Abkhazia decided to leave people without the chance to use their right of free movement, now people suffer from this decision, people are using risky ways to come to Tbilisi-controlled territories, some people have even died (drowned while crossing the Enguri river). Even though the EU, the US, and the UN are actively involved in the process to force Russian Federation to fulfill the ceasefire agreement and withdraw from occupied regions, Russia is still ignoring this and continues illegal occupation of internationally recognized territories of Georgia which historically have always been Georgian.
you should make a video on Hong Kong
Thanks. I did. Here you go: czcams.com/video/YBkZwBKBokY/video.html
Puerto Rico isn't on the list? They are a vote away from independence...or statehood. You could do an entire video on why people of this lovely island keep deciding for the status quo. Whoops! found it...ha.
Great videos in any case!
Thanks. I was going to point you in that direction. :-)
Correction: Catalonia is not a province of Spain, it's an autonomous region of Spain comprised of 4 provinces, along with 16 other regions of Spain, which all have more or less the same degrees of autonomy. It's also not the second largest region of Spain but the sixth largest, unless you were referring to population in which case it is the second largest.
Why does Catalonia want to separate from Spain?? They already have autonomy, right? Then why?
No flanders in the top 20?
Yeah really weird choice.
Flanders is like nearly a separate country. It even has its own ambassadors
Sri Lanka is collapsing. What consequences for the Tamil independence movement ?
They were crushed in 2009. Could there be a resurgence ?
What of Biafra Republic
Great 👍🏼 video but what about the 15 million kashmiri political entity?
Which country do you live in?
The UK.
I did not see Biafra here as serious as Biafran case is it should have been top on this list nevertheless nice video 👍
In South Africa, the far more likely and present independence movement is (Western) Cape Independence, with Zulu independence in second place. Afrikaner independence isn't really plausible, and any Afrikaner nationalists are more likely to just support Cape independence on account of the region's Afrikaans language majority and perceived comparative stability. I would love to see you cover the case of Western Cape independence in the future
There are others in the Americas, Greenland, a unified St. Martin and others.
How about the list of territories, that are possible to switch states they belong to. Both de facto and de jure. This list by no means implies which side should they chose, nor does it advocate of such events to happen.
Rather than unification movements I tend to list cases that would mean redrawing borders, but number of UN Members would stay the same.
Just to get quick look of what I have in mind:
- Northern Kosovo - to Serbia
- Crimea - to Ukraine
- Northern Ireland - to Ireland
- Western Papua - to Papa New Guinea
- Kosovo - to Albania
- German speaking communities in Belgium - to Germany
- Bangladesh unification with India / Western Bengal
- Irani Azerbaijan - union with Azerbaijan
- Cyprus being Split to Greece and Turkey
- Golan Heights - to Syria
- Synai - to Israel
- French Basque speaking communities, to Spanish Basqe country
- Ethiopian Somali state - to Somalia
- Ceulta and Melilla - to Morocco
I do not know enough about African geopolitcs to be able to spot any more cases.
List is definitely not completed.
Once again I want to make myself clear that I do not support or oppose any of these decisions, although I have personal opinions on some (all?) of them.
Peace :)
Somaliland is separate on the last Nat. Geo. World map I purchased. Surprised me abit.🗿
Somaliland💪🙌❤
The Republic of Somaliland and its People appreciate your work and Respect it a lot as you have presented its case unbiasedly and authentically... Please could you provide your e-mail Id. Thank you Mr James
Thank you very much for talking about Palestine and the Palestinian cause
Because most Westerners - most but not all - support the so-called "Israel".
I thank you very much
New subscriber to your channel from Saudi Arabia
One thing that I always found interesting about Quebec independence, is what would happen to Newfoundland and Labrador. Would they remain with Canada as quasi-exclaves? Or would the geographic distance prove to much of an issue, and lead to rise in their own brand of nationalism?
I'm American, but I'd imagine that Newfoundland and Labrador have a different cultural identity to the rest of English-speaking Canada; given their, relatively recent, days as a separate dominion under the Crown.
Not only Newfoundland and Labrador, but the entire section of the Atlantic provinces would otherwise be cut off geographically from Canada.
However, it's not really a matter of discussion because as he said it's only about 30% of the population and its the relatively older population. I've never met a person my age (22 and live in Montreal) that wants secession. Montreal is affected socially by Quebec but is mainly powered economically by being in Canada and the leading representation of bilingual Canada.
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Last but not least!
Suggestion, because you have something really unique here. If you show more maps and photos while you're talking, you're going to take off.
Thanks. A few people have mentioned this. The main problem is that sourcing good visual material takes a lot of time and is actually hugely expensive. (Archive video footage of a news story can cost hundreds of pounds for something that will be used for just a few seconds.) I could take the risk of using copyright material and make a fair use claim, but I don’t want to risk it. Secondly, writing the scripts for these videos takes a lot of time as it is. A lot of research goes into them. Even putting in limited visual elements is horribly time consuming. (I don’t know if you’ve ever made videos. Most creators will tell you.) If I have to make choice, and sadly I do, I’d thought people would prefer that I focus more on the value added of well-researched and informed analysis than the visual elements - although sadly I know that this may not be to everyone’s taste and that it’s probably costing me viewers. Still, the community here is great and, apart from contentious videos, the quality of comments is often much better than elsewhere. But I do realise it’s not everyone’s ’cup of tea’! :-)
In your next video do not forget my country Biafra
Thanks. Keep an eye out for this Friday. No promises, but my plan is to look at Biafra in light of Nigeria’s Twitter ban. Put on notifications, just in case. And if I do put it up, please do pass the word on and share it as soon as you can. The more likes, comments and shares it gets in the first few hours the more likely CZcams is to push it out to other people.
Don't forget Tibet, Uyghuristan, Chechnya, and so forth!
I'm from Sarawak today we still colony by Malaya in the future soon i believe Sarawak will become independence country.
What of Biafra
What about Balochistan?
I predict Québec's independance within the next 15 years !
The current provincial government in Québec was ellected by saying that it would gain independance within Canada and it has miserably failed. Relations with the federal government is deteriorating and I suspect the sovergntist movement will bounce back with this. We'll see !
VIVE LE QUÉBEC LIBRE !
James why do u show an EU flag in background ?
U are from UK aren't u ?
I am indeed from the UK. I have the flag there for several reasons. 1) It is part of my office furniture and I like it! 2) I campaigned for Britain to remain in the EU, I think Brexit is a monumental mistake and I support rejoining. 3) I feel that although I have unjustly been stripped of my EU citizenship, I still see myself as part of that wider community. 4) I believe in the ideals of the EU as a peace project. 5) I support the EU as a political community uniting European countries and providing a mechanism for highly beneficial cooperation between them. So, that’s why I have the EU flag there!
@@JamesKerLindsay Don't u think CANZUK is a better option for UK than EU.
It would be the third pillar after US and EU for the West.
And most importantly UK would again be considered as a dominant power or a pathway towards a superpower.
Thanks. While I have a great liking for Canada, New Zealand and Australia (and actually have Australian ancestry), trying to create a union of this sort cannot possibly hope to replace what the UK had as one of the 3 key players in the EU - the worlds most powerful and important trading bloc. The only people here who think that Canzuk is a replacement for the EU are a few deluded right wingers with outdated imperial mindsets that rests on a borderline racist worldview of a union of white English speaking countries. Frankly, the best think we could have done to help the our friends in Canada, NZ and Australia is to have stayed in the EU and been a voice for them in trade talks and a bridge in other fields, such a security. This is in fact what they wanted at the time of the referendum, which is why they supported the UK remaining in the EU. So, no, this really isn’t an option. Moreover, no one I know who is a serious foreign policy thinker believes that this is in any way a viable alternative path for Britain.
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I agree with u that CANZUK can never replace EU
EU itself is divided on many things.
Greece
Portugal
Spain
Italy
Cyprus
All have massive debt to GDP ratios
As years of corruption and financial mismanagement has led to big financial problems.
Do u think its fair that Northern Europe should pay off the debts of these countries
2015 Migrant Crisis
EU Recovery Fund -
Where taxpayers of Northern Europe are paying grants for Southern Europe
EU 2021 - 2027 Budget
EU was meant to be an Economic Union but now it wants to become into United States of Europe.
Sanchit Kabra Thanks. Yes. The EU is divided. Because it is 27 countries trying to reach common ground on many issues. But overall, the benefits and points of agreement far, far outweigh the costs and areas of disagreement. Also, I think it is important for the EU to accept that in any such community, just as in an group in real life, different members bring different things to the table. As somebody once pointed out to me, the reason the US became successful is because the wealthy North East accepted that the South would provide the country’s security by providing troops to the armed forces. It would never be as economically important, and would in fact drain money, but it had its vital role to play. Europe had to learn the same. Success is not about everyone doing the same thing and contributing the same amount in money. It is about every country playing its part and contributing where it can.
Vive le Québec libre!
Balochistan - an area larger than the size of Great Britain.
Thank you so much for the excellent suggestion. I’ve had a few people mention Balochistan. I really should look into it, especially as I haven’t done as much on South Asia I would have liked!
There are Kurds in Iran and Syria too
Thanks. Indeed there are.
Taiwan, saharawa, Scotland, West papau, azawad. Somaleland. Are the only ones i see come true independent