In this August 2025 edition of This Month @ The TNM, host Will Kacy breaks down one of the most crucial yet overlooked aspects of Texas independence: treaty succession. While critics focus on doomsday scenarios, they’re missing the massive strategic advantage Texas will have when we reassert our independence.
With over 10,000 treaties and international agreements currently binding the United States, treaty succession is key to Texas crafting our own international position from day one. Will explains the two competing doctrines: the Clean Slate approach that gives Texas maximum flexibility, versus automatic succession that would bind us to every federal agreement.
Here’s what the opposition doesn’t want you to know: Texas gets to choose. We can keep beneficial agreements like international mail and telecommunications while rejecting burdensome regulations that restrict our sovereignty. Even better, we can renegotiate critical treaties like the 1944 Water Agreement with Mexico that Washington has failed to enforce, leaving Texas farmers high and dry.
This is about strategic independence. As the world’s 8th largest economy with abundant energy resources and a strategic geographic position, Texas will negotiate from strength. Other nations need what we have, giving us leverage to secure agreements that actually serve Texan interests instead of federal compromises.
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Topics Covered
- The Clean Slate Doctrine vs Universal Succession
- How the 1978 Vienna Convention affects Texas
- Real-world examples from Soviet dissolution and South Sudan
- The failed 1944 Mexico Water Treaty enforcement
- Strategic opportunities for direct Texas diplomacy
- Why treaty succession strengthens Texas internationally
- Building leverage through economic and geographic advantages
