4/10/2017 The Military Implications of Catalonian Secession—an update OCTOBER 2, 2017 The Military Implications of Catalonian Secession—an update Barcelona's maritime specialization would be welcome in the Mediterranean. BY JAMES HASIK Well back in August...
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4/10/2017 The Military Implications of Catalonian Secession—an update OCTOBER 2, 2017 The Military Implications of Catalonian Secession—an update Barcelona's maritime specialization would be welcome in the Mediterranean. BY JAMES HASIK Well back in August 2014, I wrote here about “The Military Implications of Scottish and Catalonian Secession.” After this past weekend’s events in Catalonia, I thought that I should republish a slightly updated version of that essay, this time focusing on the Catalan question. It is important to remember, after all, that the secessionist government in Barcelona has indeed endorsed joining both the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Fairly, both organizations have warned that accession is not remotely automatic, depending rather on the agreement of every existing member state. Those are slightly different lists of 28 countries, and one must only remember the juvenile and endless exclusion of Macedonia by the Greeks—over a branding
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