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Recent Examples of separatist
Daniel Block, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
The breakaway region became a template for what has since been a drive by Russia to keep its influence in former Soviet lands by supporting separatists: first in Moldova, then in Georgia and in eastern Ukraine.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Chechen separatists have also attacked Russian planes in the past.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 27 Dec. 2024
To achieve stability, any new Syrian government must guarantee Israel’s security from cross-border attacks by Islamist fighters and guarantee Turkey’s security and territorial integrity against Kurdish separatists.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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But the government could always point to separatists in the diaspora.
—Daniel Block, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
The breakaway region became a template for what has since been a drive by Russia to keep its influence in former Soviet lands by supporting separatists: first in Moldova, then in Georgia and in eastern Ukraine.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Chechen separatists have also attacked Russian planes in the past.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 27 Dec. 2024
To achieve stability, any new Syrian government must guarantee Israel’s security from cross-border attacks by Islamist fighters and guarantee Turkey’s security and territorial integrity against Kurdish separatists.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Despite many challenges like reducing oil dependency, ensuring political stability amid sectarian divides and managing environmental crises, the Sudani government must focus on protecting the state.—
James Durso,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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Armed Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims have engaged in tribal and sectarian rivalry for decades over a land dispute in Kurram district near the Afghanistan border.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
24 Nov. 2024
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Sherman, who had taken Atlanta in September, intended to defeat the Confederacy by inflicting on its heartland the terrible consequences of a war the Southern secessionists had begun.—
Brenda Wineapple,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Make Deals, Not War What do secessionist movements in Cameroon, Nigeria and Somalia have in common?—
Ruth Maclean,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The potential members of a schismatic Catholic sect are located in areas of the world such as the United States, where the church has significant financial resources and assets, plus a wide array of independent Catholic institutions that operate largely outside the hierarchy of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
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But Barzani’s setback only birthed a schismatic new cadre of Kurdish leaders.—
Behnam Ben Taleblu,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Nov. 2017
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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