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What this episode covers
- The distinction between state, nation, and nation-state
- Types of political boundaries and why how they're drawn matters
- State shapes (compact, elongated, prorupted, perforated, fragmented) and their political implications
- Centripetal and centrifugal forces — what binds and divides states
- Devolution — causes, examples, and consequences
- Supranationalism — the EU, UN, NATO, and the pooling of sovereignty
- Gerrymandering — packing and cracking strategies
- Stateless nations and the politics of self-determination
- Superimposed boundaries and the legacy of colonialism in Africa and the Middle East
- Heartland theory and geopolitical models
- The tension between sovereignty and globalization