Independence of Scotland from a Crimean Perspective

Emerging strategic logic of the new century understood otherwise?

[Parts: Next | Last | All] [Links: To-K | From-K | From-Kx ]

This is an exploration of possible learnings from one ongoing public discourse regarding independence as it might contain insights of relevance to another. The approach is necessarily questionable and controversial.

The question is what might be learned from the Crimea situation of relevance to that of Scotland. Is a new mindset being used to frame such situations -- one which merits a degree of attention? Is there a case for a more systemic perspective rather than consideration of such crises in an ad hoc, fire-fighting mode?

Possible insights from the current situation of Scotland are already being noted (Putin critic floats Scotland option for Crimea, Reuters, 10 March 2014; Crimea is not Scotland, The Washington Post, 7 March 2014; Crimea's authorities to use experience of Scotland, Catalonia in preparing referendum, ITAR-TAss News Agency, 2 March 2014). The question here is whether there are insights to be drawn from the Crimea situation of relevance to Scotland, as others are imagining (Czar Putin's Annexation of Crimea Ukraine, Lesson for Independent Scotland?. The Market Oracle, 4 March 2014).