Editorial: Kosovo Implications

Last month, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. Around the world there are other entities that have declared themselves independent and, to all intents and purposes, are — at least in terms of being free of their former controllers: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and Somaliland being the most prominent. There are other “de facto” independent entities where there is a strong political will to declare independence: Serbian Bosnia, Taiwan, Iraqi Kurdistan among others. READ MORE