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Articles Written By Lorraine Boissoneault

Lorraine Boissoneault is a writer based in Chicago. She is the author of the forthcoming book The Last Voyageurs, which tells the true story of 23 young men on a historical canoe journey across North America.

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Realpolitiking

When a Country Is Not a Country
by Lorraine Boissoneault
In the last 25 years, more than two dozen new countries have been recognized by the international community. But secession isn’t easy, as Somaliland’s success story proves.