Crimea, Anschluss and the Enduring Quest for Autonomy

Date: 11 Mar 2014 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The upcoming Crimea referendum is both ordinary and extraordinary. Ordinary because more than 100 times since World War II geographically concentrated ethnic or linguistic groups have voted on the question of independence.  Extraordinary because never before have a people encountered a ballot allowing them to choose only between continuing subservience within their existing nation or subservience … Read More