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Power politics lies behind how new countries are born – or not


Power politics lies behind how new countries are born – or not
History shows a resounding referendum – like recently in Bougainville – is not alone in deciding future independence.
Voting information pamphlets at a polling station in Buka ahead of the November 2019 independence vote in Bougainville (Ness Kerton/AFP via Getty Images)
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28 Apr 2021 06:00  
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Routledge Handbook of State Recognition (Routledge 2019)
At the school hall in Buka, in that heady hour after the declaration of Bougainville’s referendum result in December 2019 – a thumping 97.7% in favour of independence – journalists from around the world dialled me up looking for some local flavour. Each asked variants of two questions: Are we witnessing the beginning of the newest country in the world, and “Can you find us a Bougainvillean to speak with”? ....

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