The Nation

author of Imagined Communities identifies a nation as an imagined political community that is limited and sovereign, as well. The political community consists of a sect of people who feel as if they are united based on a common ground. The people of a nation feel united and identify themselves as an “us” and people outside of the nation would be considered as a “them”. The limitation in the imagined community is the boarders of the nation, no nation can be considered as infinite. In addition,…

fair and without blame, and that their rival nations were aggressive, deceitful, and backwards. Each nation tried to convince its citizens that their nation was being threatened by its rival nations. The sense of nationalism caused intense competition amongst nations. Everyone wanted to be better than other nations in a way that reinforced their superiority. Alliances…

quotation highlights how the problems that come with various nations occupying a territory brings about resilience. This statement is true as there have been several times in history where the differences in society have been used to develop the country rather than hinder it. For instance in Canada, a country built on multiculturalism, it is simply instinctual that this diverse foundation remains. The clashings and struggles of various nations have helped shape a country that is greatly loved…

in history are not seem as accidents. One of the main cause that plays in the role of in the “change” in history, was nationalism. The competition between different cultural lead to the development in the cultural on its own, therefore it lead to nation developments and social unifications.…

time, but he instead surprised the nation by delivering a speech on the America’s crisis of confidence instead. In “The Crisis of Confidence Speech”, he addresses the country saying that the biggest problem the nation faces at the time is that it lacks the will and confidence of the people to do great things. At this time the nation was in the midsts of the Cold War with the Soviet Unions as well as Middle Eastern problems led to major spikes in oil prices. The nation has lost hope and his…

fully capable of maintaining justice throughout their respective nation. Many countries are also not able to manage these issues themselves, and struggle to maintain justice throughout their respective nation. The struggle of not being able to assist one’s own country leaves a very large negative impact among the country, and leaves them wondering what options they have to improve the situation. A large portion of the time the nation amidst the struggle turns to the United States with a…

paid a great deal of attention to the role of nationalism in state interactions, arguing that the current nation-state system would not exist without nationalism. Although he admits that it is not typically seen a crucial element of realist theory, Mearsheimer agrees that it is a “powerful force” in international relations. James Mayall connected…

being made equal to the Europeans. This blending of cultures can be seen in Fadma Amrouche’s writing as she was brought off to a French boarding school and had experienced the education that was being taught in Franc and across Europe in different nations. She and her classmates not only received French names but also sang songs as seen here: “while we sang ‘Auprès de ma blonde’, and ‘Anne of Brittany in her clogs’.” (Primary Source Document #2). With the forcing of these cultures on the African…

The most characteristic form of citizenship in modern democracies until the present has been a single and exclusive citizenship within the nation-state. However, while state-building and nation-building went hand in hand in the past, there are obvious problems and challenges in drawing too tight a connection between citizenship and the nation-state because it is estimated that there are between 5000 and 9000 ethnic-cultural groups in the world, and only around 200 states, over 90% of which…

develop nuclear arms, the United States and other allied nations couldn’t just invade Iran because if they did a nuclear missile could be launched at their nation inflicting millions of innocent deaths that would ultimately be their fault. Building nuclear arms also enhances Iran’s status as a “leading state” within the world because they would then have the power to kill millions of people with the press of a button, to which only a few nations can attest to. Iran has an abundance of natural…