Is The Nation State Splintering?

A splintering world.
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May 12, 2018

All over the world, nation states are splintering. Separatism is on the rise. What causes nation states to erode? And what happens when they do? Should we fight to hold on to our nation states...or let them go in favor of something new?

What Would A Free Catalonia Mean For Spain — And the World?

Catalons
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Catalans have a different language, flag and anthem from Spain. Some in the region are fighting for independence. Catalonia is a nation divided in cultural identity, but should it separate from Spain?

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4:21

If Nation States Rupture, What's Next?

an aging world structure
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The future feels unpredictable in so many places today. If you look around the world right now, seems like everyone wants their own independent nation. Are the old nation-states...toast? That’s what John Feffer worries about.

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13:22

What Monuments Can Tell Us About National Identity

Haleema reporting in Pakistan
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You could say that the work of nation-building is never really done. Haleema Shah has been thinking about that after a recent trip to a country close to her heart — Pakistan.

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14:21

Love In A Time of Mass Migration

Doors across borders.
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The Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid sets his newest novel, "Exit West," in a world of permanent mass migration, in a city ripped apart by civil war. He told Steve Paulson he modeled it on his own city — Lahore, Pakistan.

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16:13
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May 12, 2018
November 03, 2018
September 28, 2019
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John Feffer

John Feffer

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Haleema Shah

Haleema Shah

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Shannon Henry Kleiber

Shannon Henry Kleiber

Producer/Interviewer and Writer
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Mohsin Hamid

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Politics and History
Last modified: 
September 11, 2020