The Mirage of “National Self-Determination” (and its limits)—Montenegro and Palestine

by Norman Berdichevsky (July 2017)

Gavrilo Princip sparking the Great War, June 28, 1914

Unless you happened to catch the 30 second news item on May 22, 2006 on the more internationally-oriented networks such as the BBC or CNN, you probably don’t know or care that Podgorica is the capital of the newly independent (actually renewed independence after 90 years) state of Montenegro. The independence supporters gained a narrow 55% majority with the aid of many migrant voters returning from abroad and restored the map of the Balkans to more what it looked like in 1914. more>>>