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This review covers the two-year period from July 2018 to June 2020. For the people of Norfolk Island, the past two years have been a continuation of the difficulties associated [...]

The year 2011 in the provinces of Papua and West Papua was politically noisy. Papua occupied the headlines of a number of national electronic and print media sources more often [...]

Political tensions in early 2011 came close to unraveling the 'collegial' institutions put in place by the Noumea Accord of 1998, as the governing cabinet fell four times, until a [...]

In a 1958 constitutional referendum, Guinea was the only French territory to reject continued colonial subordination in favor of immediate independence. Why did Guinea alone reject the constitution that laid the foundations for France's Fifth Republic? What factors stimulated political parties in other territories to accept the prolongation of French tutelage, even as activists elsewhere on the continent were agitating for independence? Focusing on the eight territories of French West Africa, this article argues that the Guinean branch of the Rassemblement Democratique Africain, which led the campaign for the 'no' vote, differed from other dominant parties in French West Africa in several important ways. These differences, along with the relative power of the colonial chieftaincy, contributed to Guinea's unique stance in the 1958 referendum.

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The Transdniester Moldovan Republic (TMR), a breakaway region of Moldova, represents a new kind of nation-state that could be a permanent geopolitical feature of the 21st century. The attempt of the TMR to construct a national identity has led to economic, political and military crisis which remains unresolved due to the unyielding positions of the protagonists. It is therefore expected that the TMR will continue to operate as a de facto state.

Community conflicts occurring in India are results of the developing multicultural democracy promoted by self-determination movements in the country. Shiv Sena's theme transition from ethnic to religious as an effort to resolve the issue is an effective means of extending its influence from a regional to a national level. However, India's character and actions significantly determine the proper understanding of the growth and decline these community conflicts.

A study shows the rise of sub-national aspirations to control the politics and economics in Russia. The rise of regionalism in Russia conflicts with the central government, and its structure and powers depend substantially on the outcome of this conflict. Post-Soviet Russia has granted more powers and responsibilities to the regional legislatures. This extension of power has positively influenced the regional aspirations of the individual. Russian regionalism demands more autonomy and it goes beyond the power aspirations of the regional leaders.

In the aftermath of the collapse of the outer and inner Soviet empires in 1989 and 1991, it was widely believed that the postcommunist states of East-Central Europe and Eurasia, [...]