An update on Somaliland by a WoTR writer, although I fear England's eigth largest city recognising its independence will not lead to nations following them.

I like this passage:
An official from the region’s interior ministry expressed this very sentiment to me: “you invaded Iraq to bring democracy and security, so why won’t you recognize our independence when we’ve already built democracy and security ourselves?”
Link:http://warontherocks.com/2014/04/fix...ition-problem/