Nation-State

And that is the dilemma, because the Nation-State is a Western concept (born from the Peace of Westphalia in 1648) and, as such, is anathema to the Taliban and their like who favor the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate.

Percy Blakeney: Hold the Line in Afghanistan 2009

The Nation-State is a very new development in the scope of human history.

TierneyLab 2009

And I think that allowing twenty million Mexicans who maintain loyalty to the Nation-State on our southern border has a very good chance of destroying her.

Wonk Room » Nativist Mark Krikorian Warns That ‘Saddam Hussein’s BFFs Are Coming To Town Near You’ 2009

In an antique city state, or a modern municipality, shame is the penalty for the violation of ethics; in larger organisms like the mega Nation-State, with a smaller role for face to face encounters, shame ceases to play its duties of disciplinarian.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Regulator Franchise, or the Alan Blinder Problem 2010

Email a copy of '2008's Crises and the Return of the Nation-State' to a friend

E-Mail '2008's Crises and the Return of the Nation-State' To A Friend 2008

The Crisis of the Nation-State, a day-long program of films, panels and a symposium at the UCI Student Center on Jan. 31.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 As'ad 2009

The idea of a World-State, like that of the Nation-State, Sri Aurobindo sees as a danger. ...

Only an association of free nationalities can be the real organized form of a world-union Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

The idea of a World-State, like that of the Nation-State, Sri Aurobindo sees as a danger. ...

Archive 2009-05-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

Because, to win, the Taliban must have access to the interior of the country and the population in order to dismantle the idea of Afghanistan as a Nation-State -- a Western concept.

Percy Blakeney: Hold the Line in Afghanistan 2009

By Western standards, Afghanistan is considered a Nation-State with recognized international boundaries.

Percy Blakeney: Hold the Line in Afghanistan 2009