With just two days to go before Scotland votes on its independence, separatist movements across Europe have become energized by the real possibility that the United Kingdom could be about to split. Europe is awash with a number of pro-independence entities, but those in Spain, Belgium and Italy have seized the moment to reignite their own…

As Scotland heads to the polls this week to vote on whether to become independent, one country with restive regions of its own is watching the debate unfold with nervousness and some mystification – China. China has every reason to look askance at the idea of regions separating. It is facing persistent unrest in far-flung and…

A ‘yes’ vote in Thursday’s referendum in Scotland would not only break up the last vestiges of a 300-year-old empire, but it could also start the decline of Brent crude benchmark. Scotland independence referendum keeps markets on edge A series of recent polls indicating strong voter support on both sides of the Scottish independence debate has…

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – A furious fight has broken out over the question of Scotland’s future defense and its past military legacy in the final days before an independence referendum, with veterans arguing for both sides. At the forefront of the defense issue is the fate of Britain’s submarine-borne nuclear arsenal at the Royal Navy base at…

Countries become unstable when their small, affluent parts are forced to subsidize larger, poorer regions We will soon find out whether the Scots decide to secede from the United Kingdom this Thursday. The Scottish referendum has raised all sorts of questions as to whether other jurisdictions might break up in the near future – Belgium, Spain…