Rethinking Secession by Alan Bock

A central government with strictly limited powers that grants virtual autonomy to diverse regions is another option, of course. But central governments are seldom content to confine themselves within strictly limited powers. As the world sorts itself out in the near future, division should be a serious option, not one that is automatically dismissed by diplomats and political leaders. Oftentimes the status quo is more destabilizing and conflict-inducing than a possible division or secession.