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irredentism  

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  • Irredentism refers to a state's policies aimed at annexing adjacent territory and ethnic kin living in (those) neighboring countries. As a political dynamic it lies at the intersection of domestic and interstate politics, well capturing the blurring of the boundaries between the two in the contemporary world. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Irredentism]

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