Opinion – The ‘Pizza Effect’ on Nations and Nationalism
As re-enculturation retains its ability to shape collective imaginaries, it also offers itself to the durability of nations and nationalism.
Review – Spain
Michael Reid provides a comprehensive political history of Spain, but the foundations of his critiques of Spain’s multiple separatist movements raises questions.
Review – On Nationalism
This essay collection, edited by Sassoon, portrays Hobsbawm’s search to understand and evaluate nationalism through the ages, but could do with more contextual analysis.
Thinking Global Podcast – Giorgio Shani
Giorgio Shani speaks about Sikh Nationalism, The Khalistan Movement, tensions between Canada and India, comparisons with Hindu Nationalism, and conceiving a Post-Western IR.
Buddhist Nationalism and Extremism in Myanmar and North America
While Buddhist nationalists are more oriented toward sustaining the religious identity of their state, Buddhist extremists feel that their political identities are being challenged.
Opinion – The Plain Sight Threat to NATO, Turkey, and Turanism
Turkish advances towards the new alliance continue, and NATO powers have done little to counterbalance the Turkish drift towards a new ideology that threatens their disappearance from NATO altogether.
National Imprint in IR Theory: The Global and the Exceptional of the ‘Russian Idea’
Taking civilizational diversity seriously requires recognition that the global does not exist except as a constant interaction between various local communities.
United Moderate Religion vs. Secular and Religious Extremes?
One can avoid the pitfalls of religion by acknowledging its importance at the macro-level for the greater good of national unity across a plural U.S. social fabric.
Interview – Jasmin Mujanović
Jasmin Mujanović explores political developments in the Western Balkans, including the Bosnian elections, nationalism, democratic backsliding and potential EU integration.
Interview – Stephen Zunes
Stephen Zunes outlines the situation in Western Sahara, as well as the rationale and consequences of US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty.
