...George C. Georgiou This essay traces the transfer of private ownership of economic resources from sovereign rulers to the modern nation-state, starting with mercantilism and ending with exclusive economic zones. Nation-states were initially envisaged as bodies that acted on behalf of their citizens...

... not lead to national reconciliation. Meanwhile, Bush has given Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki governmental benchmarks to meet, has sent more troops to drive insurgents out of Baghdad, and has armed Sunni tribes to fight al Qaeda. After reviewing key events, the essay assesses the prospects for the future...

...Salva Kiir Mayardit This essay reflects the guiding principles, laid out by one of its architects, of the new nation of South Sudan — a nation that assumed its place in the world community on 9 July 2011. Salva Kiir Mayardit is president of South Sudan. This essay is based on his inaugural...

... . The Imperial Lure: Nation Building as a US Response to Terrorism Ted Galen Carpenter The concept of nation building has a long pedigree in US foreign policy. It was an identifiable feature of Washington’s dealings with the colonial empire it acquired in the Spanish...

...Galen Ted Carpenter Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2000 Ted Galen Carpenter is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. MQ 11.2-01.carpenter 4/10/00 11:30 AM Page 1 Jackboot Nation Building...

... Page 144 The Social Origins of Balkan Politics: Nationalism, Underdevelopment, and the Nation-State in Greece, Serbia, and Bulgaria, 1880–1920 Victor...

...Gary T. Dempsey Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2001 Gary T. Dempsey is a foreign policy analyst at the Cato Institute and coauthor with Roger W. Fontaine of a forthcoming book on the United States'recent efforts at nation building. MQ 12.1-06 Dempsey 1/23/01 1:34 PM Page 57...

.... Modernity and Economic Nationalism in the Formation of Turkish Nationalism Cevdet Yılmaz and Mustafa S¸ahin Nationalism is a highly debated concept and does not have a uniform or stan- dard meaning. Adding an adjective before the concept, as we do, may further increase...

..., but manageable changes can strengthen the system and make another Iraq far less likely. The roles of the secretary of state and national security adviser need to be strengthened, and career military officers and civil servants must be encouraged and supported in their efforts to offer independent views...

...Philip Giraldi The US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has resulted in a resurgence in Kurdish nationalism. There has also been a revival of the terrorist threat directed against Turkey coming from the Kurdistan Workers' Party based in northern Iraq. The inability of the United States to curb...

... of “Eurasia” and that there is similarity between Moscow's and Ankara's strategic outlooks: Russian neo-Eurasianism and Turkey's Kemalist Eurasianism. Yet the outlook that defines Ankara's understanding of Turkish national interest is not so much a permutation of Eurasianist ideas as it is a homegrown...

... that have supported and opposed the ban on women wearing headscarves on government property. Progressing from nationalism literature and image framing in public policy, the essay applies quantitative and case study analysis to reveal how the reframing of the headscarf debate—via narratives of inequality...

... of the graduate program in international relations at Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island. The Face of Kosovar Albanian Nationalism: A Violent and Volatile Transformation of the Balkan Political Landscape Donald A. Graczyk and Symeon A. Giannakos...

.... 2007 Sudan and the National Congress Party Roger P. Winter Sudan’s National Congress Party is controlled by an intellectually capable, radically committed, conspiratorial, and compassionless nucleus of individu- als, long referred to as the National Islamic...

...C. Edward Dillery Alfonso Perez-Agote: The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism . Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2006. Translated by Cameron Watson and Williams A. Douglas. 246 pages. ISBN 0-87417-605-0. $39.95. Reviewed by C. Edward Dillery. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2006 C...

.... Tasch: The EU Enlargement Policy and National Majority-Minority Dynamics  19 The EU Enlargement Policy and National Majority-Minority Dynamics in Potential European Union Members: The Example of Turkey Laman Tasch During the Cold War, minority...

...Nikolaos Zahariadis Contrary to the view of most analysts, Nikolaos Zahariadis argues that Greece's debt crisis is a European Union shortcoming with national and global dimensions. This does not mean that Greece's profligate spending does not play a major role in this tragedy. Zahariadis states...

.... Choupis: The Crisis in the Greek Economy and Its National Implications  77 The Crisis in the Greek Economy and Its National Implications Michail Choupis As Greek crises go, the current one in the economy is neither new nor uncom- mon. However...

...Raymond C. Ewing Mary N. Layoun: Wedded to the Land? Gender, Boundaries, and Nationalism in Crisis. Durham, N.C., and London: Duke University Press,2001. 225 pages. ISBN 0-8223-2545-4. $18.95. Raymond C. Ewing is managing editor of Mediterranean Quarterly . As a Foreign Service officer...

...Raymond Muhula Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Raymond Muhula is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science,Howard University. Among his recent work is the chapter “Political Participation” in Washington DC, State of Affairs (2003). Rogue Nations, States...