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I remember Damir mentioning the Shadi position on the Karabakh War in relation to the provocation, which really piqued my interest. What is the Shadi position? There are all sorts of minefields around territorial integrity, religion and ethnic cleansing.

I am also interested in Shadi's ideas on ethnic identity, in the US, the Middle East, and elsewhere.

Shadi has written and podcasted a lot about religion, its place in society and meaning for people. But I wonder if even in the Middle East, his analysis based significantly on faith misses the importance of ethnic nationalism and identity. Arguably we are in an era of resurgent ethno-nationalism with both Putin and Erdogan referring to "one nation, two countries" before starting/supporting wars. When the Tunisian president uses Orban's talking points against migrants, what is he doing? I know that this is something that Damir would have the most experience and arguably knowledge of, but I wonder what Shadi's theory of nationalism and irredentism is?

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