Threats to American National Security: The future of Federalism and division fears (Available in English) - (Disponible en Français)

Document Type : Refereed academic research and articles

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Professor of Political Science, Cairo University Vice Dean for Community services and environmental affairs, Future University in Egypt

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The United States is witnessing internal political tensions after escalating confrontations between the State of Texas following the refusal of the state governor to comply with the government’s decision to remove barbed wire along borders with Mexico, which raises fears of the possibility of the breakout of an armed conflict within the United States of America.
Many questions are raised including, for example, is the secession of Texas a scenario that could occur and cause an economic crisis? Can other states do the same and follow Texas’ secession?
    The "Texit" movement called for the independence of Texas from the United States.But despite the support this movement found, it faced many setbacks, as it failed to obtain a referendum on Texas secession on the upcoming Republican primary ballot. Could the Texas crisis represent the beginning of the unraveling of the federal union, which extends for more than two hundred years since the founding of American Federalism by the founders of the United States?

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