Publishing Institution: Chatham House / Topic: Government

Author:: Josep Maria Reniu
Publication Date:: 10-2014
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Friday September 19 was a rare day in Catalonia. A significant proportion of Catalans had hoped for a victory of the Yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum. The result was not as expected, but the day still gave us good news. The Catalan parliament passed a law on consultations and citizen participation that has allowed the president of the Catalan government to call citizens to the polls on November 9 to vote on independence. This vote in parliament took place against a background of impasse between Catalonia and the Spanish government in Madrid, with potentially destabilizing effects.
Topic:: Government
Political Geography:: Spain and Scotland

Author:: Michael Williams
Publication Date:: 06-2013
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Some months ago while clearing my late mother 's house I came across a stamp album from my school days in the 1960s. There were stamps from 'Croatia ', in reality produced by extremist groups in Argentina, but testifying to the existence of the Nazi puppet state of Croatia (NDH) in the 1940s. But to my surprise, I also found stamps from the 'Alawite State of Syria '. An independent Croatia is now a reality and soon to become a member of the European Union. For that matter we also have states of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Kosovo. And the former Soviet Union has broken up into its constituent republics. Who would have imagined this as late as 1990? But maybe the break up of states, whether Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia, and possibly the United Kingdom if Scotland opts for independence in 2014, is a purely European phenomenon?
Topic:: Government and United Nations
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Europe, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Argentina, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Syria, and Scotland

Author:: Alan Philps
Publication Date:: 06-2013
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Abdulkader al-Dhon, 27, was a student when the Syrian uprising started. For the past two years he has travelled the country to help reporters and human rights groups make sense of the crisis
Topic:: Government and Communications
Political Geography:: Syria

Author:: Christopher Phillips
Publication Date:: 10-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Syria's refugee crisis is getting worse - for those who flee and for those who take them in. Christopher Phillips reports
Topic:: Government
Political Geography:: Turkey and Syria

Author:: Jane Kinninmont
Publication Date:: 10-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: Jane Kinninmont demolishes the theory of monarchical exceptionalism
Topic:: Government
Political Geography:: Middle East, Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia

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