What is your conception of the state?
A questioner asks, ¿Cual es su concepto de estado?
Can the U.S. prevent the disintegration of Afghanistan?
Joel Migdal provides a historical context for the recent disintegration of states and addresses the question of whether United States intervention can slow or prevent this disintegration.
What effect will today’s Chinese youth have on China’s future?
Joel Migdal addresses the topic of how Chinese young people might affect the country in the future.
Is China a major player in the Middle East?: China and Israel
Joel Migdal discusses China's influence in Israel.
Would states like Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq be better off dividing into smaller states?
Joel Migdal discusses difficulties around dividing states on the basis of ethnicity.