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Mylonas: Message from the White House: “We don’t care on what basis you build a functioning state”

(The Recorder) WASHINGTON — Over the decades, the concept of “nation-building” has been in and out of favor with successive American administrations. President Donald Trump says he wants no part of…

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Nation-Building

Nation-building may be defined as the process through which the boundaries of the modern state and those of the national community become congruent. The desired outcome is to achieve national…

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Methodological challenges in the study of stateless nationalist territorial claims

(Taylor & Francis) (Co-author: N. Shelef) Abstract: The territory claimed by stateless nationalist movements can change over time. Following a review of prominent explanations, this article addresses some of the more…

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Between Trump and the Troika

(Foreign Affairs) (Co-authored by A. Georgakellos) This week, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and U.S. President Barack Obama met in Greece. During the last such visit, when President Bill Clinton…

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Threats to Territorial Integrity, National Mass Schooling, and Linguistic Commonality

(CPS) (Co-authored with Keith Darden) Abstract: Why are some countries more linguistically homogeneous than others? We posit that the international environment in which a state develops partially determines the extent…

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Threats to Territorial Integrity, National Mass Schooling, and Linguistic Commonality

(Comparative Political Studies) (Co-authored with K. Darden) Abstract: Why are some countries more linguistically homogeneous than others? We posit that the international environment in which a state develops partially determines the extent…

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Mylonas on the European refugee crisis and terrorist attacks

(Greek Media | in Greek) Following the publication of the Greek edition of The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees and Minorities (Cambridge University Press, 2013), I was invited to comment on…

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Greece

(European Journal of Political Research) The coalition of New Democracy and the Panhellenic Socialist Party governed with a severely weakened majority in parliament (153 of 300 seats in January 2014).…

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Mylonas: construction of national identities occurs primarily when state-building elites feel threatened

(WP) As Syria’s civil war drags on, there seems to be no viable solution in sight. To the non-specialist eye, the conflict is an indecipherable mess of rival militias, peoples and…

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Methodological Problems in the Study of Nation-Building: Behaviorism and Historicist Solutions in Political Science

(Social Science Quarterly) The goal of this article is to highlight the methodological problems involved in the study of nation-building and propose solutions. I identify three categories of methodological problems that…

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Mylonas: Message from the White House: “We don’t care on what basis you build a functioning state”

Nation-Building

Methodological challenges in the study of stateless nationalist territorial claims

Between Trump and the Troika

Threats to Territorial Integrity, National Mass Schooling, and Linguistic Commonality

Threats to Territorial Integrity, National Mass Schooling, and Linguistic Commonality

Mylonas on the European refugee crisis and terrorist attacks

Greece

Mylonas: construction of national identities occurs primarily when state-building elites feel threatened

Methodological Problems in the Study of Nation-Building: Behaviorism and Historicist Solutions in Political Science