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Greece just called new elections. Here’s the background you need to understand them.

(Washington Post) (Co-authored with A. Georgakellos) Greece is headed for snap elections in September, less than eight months since its last parliamentary elections. For the past five years, Greece’s internal political competition has centered around its…

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New Policy Memo: De Facto States Unbound

(Co-author: A. Ahram) De facto states are political entities that possess control of territory but lack international recognition. Such entities appear to violate the norm of border fixity and the principle…

De Facto States Unbound

De facto states are political entities that possess control of territory but lack international recognition. Such entities appear to violate the norm of border fixity and the principle of territorial…

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The Agreekment That Could Break Europe: Euroskeptics, Eurocritics, and Life After the Bailout

(Foreign Affairs) As the Greek negotiating team was preparing its latest reform proposal for the country’s creditors, I was walking to the Montparnasse metro station in Paris on my way…

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Tsipras’ Greek balancing act begins

(Monkey Cage) (Co-authored with A. Georgakellos) The much-awaited Greek parliamentary elections took place on Jan. 25, and the first moves of the new government are making headlines all over the world. Greece is…

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Greece goes to the polls, and Europe holds its breath

(The Washington Post) Greece just completed one of its shortest electoral campaign periods which — for the first time since 1964 — occurred right after the winter holidays. The polarized…

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The Politics of Nation Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (Podcast)

What drives a state’s choice to assimilate, accommodate, or exclude ethnic groups within its territory? In this talk, Harris Mylonas speaks on his book, The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees,…

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2014 European Studies Book Award Goes to “The Politics of Nation-Building”

Harris Mylonas of George Washington University was awarded the 2014 European Studies Book Award for The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (Cambridge University Press, 2013). The Council…

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Interstate Relations, Perceptions, and Power Balance: Explaining China’s Policies Toward Ethnic Groups, 1949–1965

(Publication) Why do multi-ethnic states treat various ethnic groups differently? How do ethnic groups respond to these state policies? We argue that interstate relations and ethnic group perceptions about the relative…

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The Challenges of Nation-Building in the Syrian Arab Republic

(POMEPS Briefing) Syria’s ongoing existential conflict is arguably related to its nation-building trajectory starting in the beginning of the twentieth century. What can theories of nation-building and state formation tell…

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Greece just called new elections. Here’s the background you need to understand them.

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