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Published in: ourEconomyStep aside progressive patriotism – intergalactic humanism has arrived
Nationalism will always be racist, no matter how ‘progressive’ it is. What would it mean to imagine a world beyond...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersDid the COVID-19 pandemic revive nationalism?
It only took a sub-microscopic pathogen to confirm that, when a crisis strikes, it is the national framework that...
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Published in: ourEconomyNeoliberalism is over – welcome to the era of neo-illiberalism
Big tech, nationalist politics, and the billionaire class have propelled a novel political economy. What impact will...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLong live the People's Palace!
Glasgow's beloved museum of ordinary people's lives is threatened with closure. But these are exactly the kind of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNationalism in Jordan: king, tribe, or country? Part one
The first article in this two-part series traces the formation of nationalism in Jordan as both a pan-Arab identity...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTheresa May, the end of Empire State Britain and the death of Unionism
The old British state is crumbling.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reflections: antisemitism, anti-imperialism and liberal communitarianism
In the current European context, associations between left-wing movements and the far-right, anti-cosmopolitan...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNatural borders, beware a dangerous idea
Whatever borders follow the ongoing violence and war, they must under no circumstances be ‘natural’.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRe-imagining England
Originally delivered as a public lecture at the University of Winchester on Thursday 9th October, 2014, John Denham...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOur otherness: imagining Balkan and mid-Eastern identities
The original quote by Orwell is “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs UKIP's star fading?
As UKIP seeks to instil discipline amongst its cadres, it finds itself walking a thin line between maintaining the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWe promise you an operetta
The development of Egypt's military-brand nationalism over the past year can be traced in a series of formulaic,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe shifting balance of identity politics after the Syrian uprising
An account of the drastic identity and narrative shifts during the Syrian uprising. The author focuses on the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHome Truths: the decline of the Welsh language
The Welsh language is steadily declining and yet, the amount of Welsh-speaking schools are on the rise. Are the...
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Published in: oDRMessiah or false prophet?
For the past month, Moscow has been following the fortunes of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny — trial,...
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Published in: oDRFull steam backwards
Repressive laws, socialist icons, and the promotion of Eurasian identity amount to a regression to the Soviet past,...
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Published in: oDRStavropol — frontline between Russia and the North Caucasus
THE CEELBAS DEBATE// Stavropol is the only one of seven North Caucasus territories with a majority Russian...
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Published in: oDRKremlin games: when programming meets politics
THE CEELBAS DEBATE// Russia has a booming and influential video-game market. The authorities want to capitalise on...
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Published in: oDRRussia's liberal-nationalist cocktail: elixir of life or toxic poison?
Young, liberal figures such as Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Milov are building bridges between democratic and...
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Published in: oDRReal life: how the Caucasus is feeding itself
The nationalist-populist leader of Russia's protest movement Aleksey Navalny has made much of a claim that the...