Vbo's comments made me wonder what effect the resolution of the Basque Country's national question will have on the status of Kosovo.
How is that as a model for Kosovo? Ready to wait another 60 years to see the beginning of the end of the conflict? guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
Something interesting here:
http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Opinion/comm_20010205Lygeros.html Albanian nationalists have never renounced the vision of a "Greater Albania", even though Tirana avoids lending it official support. The West's military intervention and the de facto secession of Kosovo from Yugoslavia have added an aggressiveness to the perspective of the Albanians, who believe it is time to lay claim to as much as possible. American favor allowed the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) to start a rebellion against the Serbs, which gave NATO the opportunity to intervene.
...Sorry I didn't want to highjack your topic
I don't see any spillover effects. Even if the actors in the Basque process have drawn inspiration from the Ulster process leading to Stormont, the similarities end there. Especially because the Stormont agreement pales in comparison with the current (and much vilified by the Nationalist) Basque Autonomy Statute, including the ability of the Central Government in London to suspend the Northern Ireland parliament and government, which would be unthinkable in Spain already. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
