The Problems with Westphalian Nation-State System

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We all associate ourselves with various identities such as Indians, Chinese, Pakistani, Americans, Canadians, French, British and much more. Why do you think we all associate with all these more? Are there any other identities which people associate with?  The identities which I mentioned before are relatively new compared to other identities such as religion, language, caste, and various other identities. It is not to say that people never had such feelings towards nations or the state. But the idea of loyalty and love for the motherland was very important which offset various other identities. The question we are arriving at is what is the motherland, who made and how it formed.  What we refer to today as a Nation or Country refers to what we know in political science as a Nation-State. Today almost all the countries we know are categorised Nation-States and some even as State-Nations. International Relations and Political Science suggest that states are the most important a...
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News Capsule for the Week- July (1st-10th)

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Following are the top news for the week. 

Credits- PxFuel 

Kerala 

  • Kitex, the popular Garments company, decides to leave Kerala and abandon the Massive infrastructure project. The company received an official invite from Govt. of Telangana. 
  • Kerala reports the majority of the COVID-19 cases in the country. 
  • State's first Zika Virus case reported in Capital- Trivandrum. Over 15 cases were reported from the city limits. 
  • Supreme Court refrains from dropping Kerala Assembly 2016 ruckus case. 

India 

  • Legendary Actor Dilip Kumar passes away.  
  • Himachal Pradesh ex-CM Veerbhadra sing passes away. 
  • 84-year-old Tribal Activist Stan Swamy passed away this week. He was arrested with UAPA charges and kept in Jail for more than a year. 
  • PM Modi wishes Tibet's Dalai Lama for the first time in public. This move indicates a strategic shift amidst India's rift with China. 
  • Kappa variant of COVID-19 variant is reported in UP. 
  • Authorities in France initiated a judicial probe into allegations of corruption in the sale of Rafale aircraft to India. 
  • Modi Govt. completed shuffling of its cabinet and appointment of new portfolios.  The New cabinet has included a lot of women, youth etc. uniformly from poll-bound states showing both short and long-term strategies.

    Check the Full list of new ministers. 

World/International

  • Haiti President Jovenal Moise is assassinated. 
  • US troops leave Bagram Air Base without any prior notice. Taliban gains ground to fill the vacuum.  
  • Tokyo Olympics to be conducted without audience or fans in the gallery.
  • Face Masks And Social Distancing Scrapped in the UK.  
  • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrated its centenary on July 1st. 
  • Lambda variant of COVID-19 is expected to be the strongest yet as per the Malaysian Govt. 
  • Jeff Bezos became the richest person again.
  • Ever Given Ship leaves the Suez Canal after paying fines and dues. 
  • The USA celebrated its Independence Day on July 4th. It missed its vaccination target which was fixed at 70%. 
  • Eric Adams wins NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary Elections for this year. He will be the candidate who will compete with GOP's Curtis Silwa for becoming the Mayor of New York City. 

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