Self-proclaimed #Donetsk and #Lugansk People's Republics said they were independent for eight years, until October 2022. Retrospective article explaining beginning, peak, and end of their #independence claims in plain English: https://polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-donetsk-give-up-independence.html
#defacto #defactostates #geography #geographyteacher #separatism #Luhansk #Donbas #Ukraine #Russia #parastates #protostates #statehood @geography @geopolitics @PIL @politicalscience
#statehood #protostates #parastates #Russia #Ukraine #Donbas #luhansk #separatism #geographyteacher #geography #defactostates #DeFacto #independence #Lugansk #donetsk
Map of actual control in #Donetsk & #Lugansk People's Republics (#DPR & #LPR) at their greatest #defacto extent before joining #Russia (while still widely considered part of #Ukraine).
Retrospective article from last month on history of their #independence claims: https://polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-donetsk-give-up-independence.html
#independence #defactostates #geography #geographyteacher #separatism #Luhansk #Donbas #parastates #protostates #statehood #UkraineWar @geography @geopolitics @PIL @politicalscience
#UkraineWar #statehood #protostates #parastates #Donbas #luhansk #separatism #geographyteacher #geography #defactostates #independence #Ukraine #Russia #DeFacto #LPR #DPR #Lugansk #donetsk
#Donetsk and #Lugansk People's Republics (#DPR & #LPR) claimed #independence for 8 years until late 2022. New free PolGeoNow article summarizes the start, high point, and end of their independence quest, in plain English.
https://www.polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-donetsk-give-up-independence.html
#defactostates #defacto #geography #geopolitics #geographyteacher #educational #explainer #Europe #Ukraine #Russia #Donbas
#Donbas #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #explainer #educational #geographyteacher #geopolitics #geography #DeFacto #defactostates #independence #LPR #DPR #Lugansk #donetsk
#Honduras ends its quasi-recognition of #Taiwan, establishing ties with People's Republic of #China instead. Taiwan now "recognized" by only 13 countries. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/26/honduras-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-taiwan
#diplomaticrecognition #defactostates #defacto #geography #politics #internationalrelations #CentralAmerica #geopolitics
#geopolitics #centralamerica #internationalrelations #Politics #geography #DeFacto #defactostates #diplomaticrecognition #China #Taiwan #Honduras
International Court of Justice (#ICJ) has ordered #Azerbaijan to help clear protester blockade of #LachinCorridor, supply route connecting #Armenia to self-declared #Artsakh republic in #NagornoKarabakh.
https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/180/180-20230222-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf
#geography #geopolitics #worldpolitics #Caucasus #disputedterritory #defactostates #internationalpolitics #internationallaw
#internationallaw #InternationalPolitics #defactostates #disputedterritory #caucasus #worldpolitics #geopolitics #geography #nagornokarabakh #artsakh #Armenia #lachincorridor #Azerbaijan #icj
Meanwhile, self-declared Republic of #Kosovo has officially applied for membership in the #EuropeanUnion (#EU), which already recognizes it as a "potential candidate" member. But it's not expected to be let in until the dispute is resolved over its proclaimed #independence from #Serbia.
#geography #geopolitics #Balkans #Kosova #Europeanpolitics #intergovernmental #defactostates
#defactostates #intergovernmental #EuropeanPolitics #kosova #balkans #geopolitics #geography #serbia #independence #EU #EuropeanUnion #Kosovo
Meanwhile, self-declared Republic of #Kosovo has officially applied for membership in the #EuropeanUnion (#EU), which already recognizes it as a "potential candidate" member. But it's not expected to be let in until the dispute is resolved over its proclaimed #independence from #Serbia.
#geography #geopolitics #Balkans #Kosova #Europeanpolitics #intergovernmental #defactostates
#defactostates #intergovernmental #EuropeanPolitics #kosova #balkans #geopolitics #geography #serbia #independence #EU #EuropeanUnion #Kosovo
Self-declared Republic of #Artsakh in #NagornoKarabakh effectively blockaded for over a week by a few dozen "protesters" from #Azerbaijan, by blocking #Russia peacekeeper-controlled only road to #Armenia.
https://eurasianet.org/supplies-begin-to-run-low-as-nagorno-karabakh-blockade-continues
#geopolitics #geography #caucasus #defactostates #Armenia #Russia #Azerbaijan #nagornokarabakh #artsakh
Self-declared Republic of #Artsakh in #NagornoKarabakh effectively blockaded for over a week by a few dozen "protesters" from #Azerbaijan, by blocking #Russia peacekeeper-controlled only road to #Armenia.
https://eurasianet.org/supplies-begin-to-run-low-as-nagorno-karabakh-blockade-continues
#geopolitics #geography #caucasus #defactostates #Armenia #Russia #Azerbaijan #nagornokarabakh #artsakh
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New book chronicles Brazilian author's travels to "countries that do not exist" - self-declared countries not recognized by the world political system https://buff.ly/3iwGqch #defacto #defactostates #parastates #independence #geographyteacher #geography #breakawaystate
#DeFacto #defactostates #parastates #independence #geographyteacher #geography #breakawaystate