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… Cup in soccer was their fifth, well ahead of any other national team. In view of the tremendous competition … forms of political expression were illegal. In those days, national leaders promoted soccer as a healthy diversion for … and Euro-Brazilians — all rally around the banner of the national team. The shared obsession with soccer helps to …

… of "warrior for the middle class." In his 2012 State of the Union address, he said income inequality is "the defining … in 1910, Roosevelt outlined the main ideas of his "New Nationalism," on which he would run again for president—this … reported from Europe—manifested most ominously in the Soviet Union but found throughout the European …

… territorial concessions and recognition of Palestinian national claims to the land. A 1947 map illustrates the … the Zionist movement arose in Europe. The most influential nationalist movement of the Jewish people, Zionism based its … Zionist delegation in Jerusalem, 1900. Aspiring to create a national home for the Jews in their ancestral homeland, …

… would be wise to heed Marshall's warning and rally the international community to increase food aid to the Afghan … strategic interest during the Cold War struggle against the Soviet Union. Today, Afghanistan is the center of the global …

… oppose the Republican minority’s check on power at the national level while appealing for judicial intervention at … and deride judicial review as anti-democratic.   At the national level, where Democrats enjoy a majority in the … a filibuster, or whether a state can refuse to implement a national law is too clouded by transient policy …

… Catalunya has had with Spain as well as with the international community. 1. The Nineteen Autonomous Regions of … inheriting their fathers’ kingdoms upon their deaths. This union of the crowns brought Catalunya into a loose … and its autonomous regions became members of the European Union (EU), which granted them the benefits of their …

… Segovia region that borders Honduras, was a stirring nationalist document. In it, he rejected the loss of … “Yankee” imperialism. Sandino’s plan was also firmly internationalist in its scope and effect, for his actions in … rebels would ultimately fail in their goal of achieving nationally-recognized autonomous rule within Segovia, their …

… Tactically, they are very good." Cyrus Mody of the International Maritime Bureau characterized the event as … Philippines. In the fall of 2008, the U.N., the European Union, the African Union, and the Arab League gathered to … over the Ogaden and shifting alliances, first with the Soviet Union, then with the United States, undermined …

… Mandela had been freed from prison, the ban on the African National Congress (ANC) had been lifted, and negotiations … of black South Africans in South African cities, the National Party (Afrikaner ethnic nationalists) became the majority party. This year marks the …

… marriages there. The decision has already heightened the national debate concerning same-sex marriages. And if at … 1997 federal Defense of Marriage Act defines marriage as a union between a woman and a man. Recent polls indicate that … Already, both proponents and opponents of same-sex unions are digging in, using the same kinds of contentions …

… only with substantial help from its allies, including the Soviets, British, Canadians, Chinese and many others. When … World War II, went out of his way to snub Americans. A nationalist who pursued diplomacy independent of Washington, … of the large French Communist Party celebrated the pivotal Soviet victory over the Nazis at Stalingrad. They noted, …

… years, even if this report has inspired a string of other national initiatives in Europe. What accounts for the … for example, sold their work to both local and international patrons. Such a transaction is not the same as a … for the objects and collections, but rather their use as national symbols and museum and art objects. The …

… brunt of this food shortage. According to ActionAid International, women produce up to seventy percent of food in … Rising meat consumption also played its role. A Soviet Union determined to outpace American levels of meat-eating …

… UNESCO, French social scientist Alfred Metraux led an international team of researchers to Brazil. The purpose of the … their female slaves. Since by law the children of these unions retained the slave status of the mother, … had been ruled through a one party system, and labor unions had been dominated by European immigrants. Under the …

… of conflicting ideologies. On one side stands a proudly nationalist worldview, in which statehood was understood in … at most, some international diplomacy through the European Union and the United Nations. Sheehan does not discuss it, … does it mean to be a demilitarized state? Can the European Union ever hope to compete with the United States as a …

… Do you recall the battle not long ago over the proposed national standards for American history? When it was … agency of the federal government, an affiliate of the National Archives and Records Administration. This agency, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, …

… a quarter of its population today born overseas. As our national day, Waitangi Day now needs to serve as a symbol … as a result of separate colonies joining in a federal union and, unlike the United States , it never experienced a … or established a new constitution. The only anniversary of national origins that includes the European population must …

… their victory in the president's recent report on "The National Security Strategy of the United States." Now, like … virtues, could hardly have said it better. But the "National Security Strategy" turns these words into an excuse … "Free markets and free trade are key priorities of our national security strategy." So we must also bring …

… was also not primarily a struggle between two contending nationalisms—Armenian and Turkish—one of which destroyed the … a scenario presupposes that two well-formed and articulated nationalisms already existed in the early years of the war. … a woman and her son, photographed above. The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP, the Young Turks)  elite was not so …

… ended in December 1972. Anti-Vietnam protesters on the National Mall in Washington D.C., 1967. Those who were alive … objective was to demonstrate that, after losing out to the Soviet Union in launching the first satellite into orbit and the …

… State University, where I teach courses on Eastern Europe, nationalism, migration, communism, the Cold War, among … have reacted differently, and I'm wondering if the European Union has complicated the reaction here or if it's made it … Dragostinova  There are no common laws in the European Union governing, I mean, the way asylum law is applied. I …

… But, as Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has noted, terrorist groups … Service … Nuclear Power & Weapons … Cold War … Global/Transnational … Diplomacy/International Relations … What About the WMDs that DO Exist? …

… Afghanistan, 1996: In 1996, while living in the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan, three friends and I were … of the Ottoman Sultan, the reform-minded Young Turk nationalist movement gained in popularity and influence. It … rebellion. Then, on December 24, 1979, the Soviet Union launched a full-scale invasion of Afghanistan in …

… caused an uproar within the Argentine beef industry and national government. Exporters banded together to demand the … made no attempts to “stop the economy.” Indeed, many national officials considered cholera an unfortunate … and provincial levels throughout the nation. Meanwhile, a National Department of Hygiene did exist, but it had a …