nationalism

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Khomeini always saw himself as a foe of Iranian nationalism, says Armin Navabi, an Iranian-Canadian author and activist, in a phone interview from Vancouver.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In the most recent episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick unpacks how Christian nationalism made its way into the U.S. government with Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

The regime apparently believed that its only chance at survival was to play the victim at home; bombings would generate nationalism and suppress political dissent.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

His strident nationalism over the border conflict with Cambodia, his staunch support for the army and his intense loyalty to King Vajiralongkorn all defined him clearly as the standard-bearer for Thai conservatism.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Race issues still scarred civil society, certainly, but one problem that Americans were happy to live without was the blight that ravaged Europe in the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s: militant nationalism.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall