Host Will Kacy takes on a piece of the independence question most people never think about: treaty succession.
A newly independent state does not start with a blank slate, he explains. It either inherits or rejects the treaty obligations of its predecessor, and the United States has more than ten thousand treaties and agreements in force. How Texas handles that inheritance would shape its economy, borders, security, and sovereignty from the first day.
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