Author profile: William Mallinson and Andrey Voynitsky

William Mallinson is a former British diplomat. He is the author of Guicciardini, Geopolitics and Geohistory: Understanding Inter-State Relations (Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature, 2021).

Andrey Voynitsky is an independent scholar.

The Nation-State: An Oxymoronic Relationship?

William Mallinson and Andrey Voynitsky • Feb 4 2025 • Articles

The concepts of nation and state are linked in a relationship that is contradictory, inconsistent and confusing for precision-seekers.

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