Chvála nacionalismu – Hazony Yoram (2021)

After long years of denigrating the nation-state in the name of universalist ideology, the time has come once again to appreciate the virtues and advantages of nationalism. An Israeli political scientist explains that the world has only two options: the order of independent nation-states or a universal world empire. All four total, horrific conflicts— the Thirty Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, as well as the First and Second World Wars— were heading towards this empire. "... unlike an empire, an independent nation-state is peaceful, rejects adventurism in foreign policy and the annexation of foreign lands. The order of nation-states offers the possibility of collective self-determination, fruitful competition, and maximum development... Only national cohesion and mutual loyalty allow for free institutions, democracy, and personal freedoms. Such fundamental advantages are not offered by any other political arrangement in the world. Therefore, let us be nationalists. I am not just talking about patriotism, the commendable loyalty to the fate of one's nation and its interests. It is about the benefit of humanity, because only in a global order of independent nations can we strive for unique collective goals... A nationalist has a great mission to stand guard against the imperial pressure of supranational institutions, to reject the global ideology that diverts politicians from...