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Kurdish questions | 19 comments (19 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Plus there something inherently unstable about city-states. They become objects of desire for competing nationalisms too easily (and internalize interethnic tensions outside them).

Case in point: Danzig/Gdańsk.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Feb 14th, 2007 at 06:03:53 AM EST
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I'm thinking about Berlin and Hamburg when I mention City States.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Feb 14th, 2007 at 06:13:02 AM EST
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Re: Kurdish questions (4.00 / 2)

OK, but given the aspirations of rival nationalisms talos mentioned, I think that parallel applies only to Basra. Danzig between the two world wars is an exact parallel to your proposal in the case of Kirkuk and Baghdad, both for the reason behind it, the imposition by the international community, and the forces that would act upon them in the future.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Feb 14th, 2007 at 06:23:54 AM EST
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