Sectarianism and Separatism in Colonial Port Phillip

Seagrass Resilience in Port Phillip Bay

Nationalism and Separatism

Th e historical era following World War II is often referred to as the era of decolonization, the time when the former European powers, as well as America and Japan, gave up their overseas empires and dozens of new sovereign countries came into being. However, it could just as easily be called the era of nationalist separatism, as the sheer number of ethnic and pan-ethnic movements seeking inde...

Lost Autonomy, Nationalism and Separatism

Case studies suggest that ethnic groups with autonomous institutional arrangements are more prone to secede, but other evidence indicates that autonomy reduces the likelihood of secession. To address this debate, we disaggregate their autonomy status into three categories—currently autonomous, never autonomous, and lost autonomy—and then unpack how each shapes the logic of collective action. We...

Modelling the effect of proposed channel deepening on the tides in Port Phillip Bay

The Victorian State Government is investigating a proposal to deepen the channels into Port Phillip Bay in order to bring larger ships into the Bay. The Port of Melbourne Corporation, the Victorian State Government authority responsible for the channel deepening, concluded that the largest increase in tidal height due to the channel deepening will be eight mm. We independently study the effect ...

On Space-Power Separatism

commander of coa li tion air forces during Opera tion De­ sert Storm and later head of Air Force Space Command and US Space Command (CINCS PACE), created something of a stir when he questioned whether the US Air Force should continue to run military space sys­ tems: " If the Air Force clings to its owner ship of space, then tradeoffs will be made between air and space, when in fact the tradeoff...