ABSTRACT
Secession, like many other political phenomena, has been visiting us, via television and internet, in our homes. Thanks to television, we witnessed, in 1990–91, the secession of Lithuania, in 1991 the secession of Croatia and Slovenia, in 1992 the secession of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in 1999–2000 the secession of East Timor as well as many other attempts at secession (such as those of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka). More accurately, through television broadcasts we witnessed the violent conflict associated with various attempts at secession, not all of which led to the creation of independent states. Television and, to some extent, the press often gives priority to the events which are characterized by violence and destruction. And most secessions during the past 20 years have been characterized by violent conflict.
