The One Percent Doctrine

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Suskind, R., 2006. The One Percent Doctrine Deep Inside America s Pursuit of its Enemies Since 9/11. Simon Schuster, New York, NY. 

In relation to Gagauzia, the identity of this conditional constitutional self-determination unit is defined in an unusual way too. Localities in which (ethnic) Gagauzes constitute less than 50 percent of the population may be included in the autonomous territorial unit on the basis of the freely expressed will of a majority of the electorate revealed during a local referendum (Article 5(2)). Accordingly, this would be one of the more recent examples where the will of the people does, after all, triumph over previous administrative/territorial arrangements. This is an interesting departure from the classical colonial self-determination practice, including the doctrine of uti possidetis. 

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