Matters Of State - Under-reported Issues In World News & International Relations

What makes a country a country? In this episode, we look at Transnistria, Taiwan, and Somaliland while exploring competing definitions of statehood. Differing Metrics of State Sovereignty The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia, which marked an end to Europe’s 30 Years War, established the modern western concept of statehood, or the idea that the nation-state is the... The post Unrecognized Countries appeared first on Matters of State - International Relations Podcast.