Dreams of Secession – the case of Sardinia

Theodora Vasilopoulou, a journalist at the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, asked LSEE’s Dr James Ker-Lindsay if the Canton Marittimo initiative has any chance of success – could Sardinia become the 27th canton of Switzerland? As debates on the parallels between Kosovo and Crimea continue unabated, Dr Ker-Lindsay discusses the history of contested states and the prerequisites for secession and political autonomy of a given territory.