The separatist and autonomist demands within multi-insular States and territories
Far from being an epiphenomenon on a global scale, separatist and autonomist movements existing at the very heart of archipelagos concern at least 20 multi-insular states and territories across the world. These movements are nevertheless motivated by numerous factors and take action in many different ways. Following a typology based on significant examples, we propose some initial elements of analysis and explanation, thereby better highlighting the contours of separatist aspirations, which seem to be amplified in archipelagos by the fragmentation and discontinuity of the territories themselves.