In the run up to the Scottish independence referendum, the large-country voices that dominated the international discussion converged on a near consensus that small countries are inferior to larger ones, with worse prospects and higher risks; that the pro-independence movement’s motivation was cultural nationalism and an angry defensiveness against the world; and that independence would do significant damage to an open, liberal international order.
Scotland’s Future Is Bright; the UK’s Might Not Be
Lessons from the referendum’s aftermath.
September 30, 2014
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