minorities]] to become separate from their [[nation state|state]] could conflict with another rule which values territorial integrity. In the [[NATO war in Serbia]] (1998/99), the US promoted the first rule in allowing [[Kosovo]] to be created as an independent state in spite of the fact that this broke the rule relating to the inviolability of [[Serbia]]'s territorial integrity. Yet in [[Crimean Annexation]], after the [[CIA]] backed [[Maidan coup]], it opposed the [[human rights|rights]] of minorities to break with their state. | minorities]] to become separate from their [[nation state|state]] could conflict with another rule which values territorial integrity. In the [[NATO war in Serbia]] (1998/99), the US promoted the first rule in allowing [[Kosovo]] to be created as an independent state in spite of the fact that this broke the rule relating to the inviolability of [[Serbia]]'s territorial integrity. Yet in [[Crimean Annexation]], after the [[CIA]] backed [[Maidan coup]], it opposed the [[human rights|rights]] of minorities to break with their state. |