Week 10 Reading: How seriously should we take President Trumps talk of making Canada the 51st state of the USA?

Patriotism

Feeling of attachment and commitment to a country, nation, or political community

Nationality

Ideology based on the premise that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass → other individual or group interests

• Like patriotism

Cosmopolitanism

Feelings of loyalty and devotion to → all citizens of the world over a specific region of birth/living

• Opposition of → nationalism

Cultural Trauma

Occurs when a group’s collective identity is deeply affected by a → historical event

• War, genocide, or occupation, shaping societal attitudes and behaviors in the long term

Narrative Identity

The concept that individuals and groups construct their identity through the → stories they tell about their past, connective personal and collective experiences to history

Post-Colonial Theory

Examines how the legacy of colonialism shapes the identities, values, and worldviews of → postcolonial societies, including feelings of pride, resistance, or ambivalence toward national identity

Generational Transmission

The passing of historical narratives, values, and interpretations from one generation to the next, often influencing younger population's views on national identity and patriotism

Requisitioned

An official, such as government, order that demands and confiscates the supply of something

• USSR and the suppression of Ukrainian identity through starvation (high grain quotas)

Asymmetric Warfare

Conflict between groups with unequal military capabilities, often involving unconventional tactics

• Terrorism are resistance of the USA’s occupation of Afghanistan

Proxy War

A military conflict in which one or more third parties directly or indirectly support one or more state or nonstate combatants in an effort to influence the conflict’s outcome and thereby to advance their own strategic interests or to undermine those of their opponents

Regionalism

The idea that states within a specific geographic region work together to → address common issues, foster cooperation, and provide mutual support

• Formal organizations like European Union (EU), African Union (AU), or Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Imperialism

State policy, practice, or advocacy of → extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas

Humanitarianism

Refers to the belief and practice of assisting others in need, often transcending political, cultural, or national boundaries

• In national relations, it is a driving principle behind → aid, for disaster, relief, famine, or conflict

Issue Attention Cycle

Describes the public’s tendency to show → intense interest in an issue for a short period before losing interest as the problem appears intraceable or attention shifts to new issues