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Example sentences for: nation-states

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The world would remain strife-torn, he said, only now the main actors would be not ideological blocs or nation-states or superpowers, but distinct "civilizations"--Western, Islamic, Confucian, Japanese, Slavic-Orthodox, Latin American, Hindu, and African.
After the victory, Count Afonso Henriques proclaimed himself the first king of Portugal, making it one of the first nation-states in Europe.
Instead of facing a few very dangerous adversaries, the United States confronts a number of less visible challenges that surpass the boundaries of traditional nation-states and call for quick, imaginative, and agile responses.
Over 60 nation-states are currently parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including many European nations and Japan, although the United States has yet to approve this treaty.
After the war, the Allies, following Wilsonian ideals of self-determination, straightened up Europe into tidy nation-states.