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The 39 pages that link to Secession, each with the reason it gives.

• American Civil WarRelated: Southern secession created the Confederacy and precipitated the crisis that became war.

• FederalismRelated: Unresolved disputes over regional autonomy can intensify demands to leave the federation.

• Self-determinationCompared with: It is one possible outcome of self-determination, not an automatic right under general international law.

• National identityRelated: Strong national identification can fuel demands to leave a state.

• Robert E. LeeNarrower topic: Lee resigned his U.S. Army commission after Virginia seceded, choosing his home state over federal service.

• Territorial integrityCompared with: Secession directly tests whether territorial integrity protects a state's existing borders.

• Breakup of YugoslaviaNarrower topic: Republics' attempts to secede drove the federation's collapse and provoked disputes over sovereignty.

• DevolutionCompared with: Secession seeks separation from central sovereignty, whereas devolution reallocates authority within a state.

• Hong Kong national security lawRelated: The law criminalizes secessionist acts and activities, including some forms of advocacy.

• Annexation of Crimea by the Russian FederationCompared with: Russia described the change as self-determination, while Ukraine and many states reject that account.

• IrredentismCompared with: Secession begins with separation from a state; irredentism seeks attachment to a claimed national homeland.

• AnnexationCompared with: Secession moves authority away from a state, whereas annexation extends another state’s authority.

• Panglong AgreementCompared with: The agreement’s reference to a right to secede after ten years remains a disputed interpretation.

• SeparatismBroader topic: It is the constitutional and political act separatist movements seek to achieve.

• Catalan independence movementNarrower topic: Catalan independence is a specific secessionist project contested within Spain’s constitutional order.

• Indigenous rightsCompared with: Self-determination does not automatically mean secession; Indigenous claims often seek autonomy within existing states.

• Jefferson DavisNarrower topic: The secession of Southern states created the Confederacy Davis was chosen to lead.

• Nullification CrisisCompared with: Nullification claimed a state could reject particular federal laws without leaving the Union.

• John GarangNarrower topic: South Sudan’s eventual independence realized a goal Garang had not made the movement’s original central program.

• Katanga secessionNarrower topic: Katanga became a major postcolonial case of a province attempting to leave a newly independent country.

• Ethnic federalismCompared with: Ethnic autonomy can accommodate demands for self-rule, while secession removes a territory from the federation.

• States' rightsBroader topic: Some states' rights advocates have treated state sovereignty as grounds for leaving the Union.

• BalkanizationNarrower topic: Repeated secession is one direct route by which a larger state breaks into smaller units.

• Chechen–Russian conflictNarrower topic: The conflict centered on whether Chechnya could leave Russia.

• Kosovo independenceNarrower topic: Kosovo’s declaration is commonly analyzed as an attempted act of secession.

• South CarolinaRelated: South Carolina became the first state to secede from the United States in 1860.

• 1995 Constitution of EthiopiaRelated: The constitution provides a formal route for a nation, nationality, or people to secede.

• Territorial disputeCompared with: Secession disputes concern political separation, which may overlap with but is distinct from interstate claims.

• Aburi AccordCompared with: Aburi was a proposed settlement within Nigeria, whereas Biafra’s declaration pursued separation.

• Sidama RegionCompared with: Sidama sought a regional state within Ethiopia, not independence from the country.

• Antebellum SouthRelated: Southern states left the Union after conflict over slavery’s future and federal power.

• Battle of Fort SumterNarrower topic: The battle gave armed form to the secession crisis.

• Anti-nationalismRelated: Secession movements often invoke national identity, creating a hard case for anti-nationalist principles.

• Independence referendumRelated: Secession is the act an independence vote may authorize or seek to legitimize.

• John C. BreckinridgeNarrower topic: Breckinridge moved from national office to Confederate service as Southern states seceded.

• Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East SyriaCompared with: The administration’s stated self-rule project is distinct from a declared bid for independence.

• Federated stateRelated: Disputes over autonomy and constitutional membership can raise demands for separation.

• History of VanuatuNarrower topic: Santo’s rebellion raised the possibility of separating from the emerging state.

• One countryCompared with: Secession turns an internal territorial dispute into a potential change in the number of countries.