How States Get Recognised and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
6 August - 19 mins
Podcast Series
Newstalk Daily
What does it actually mean to recognise a state - and who gets to decide?
As global momentum builds behind the recognition of Palestinian statehood, and with the UN General Assembly meeting just weeks away, the question of when and how a people or place becomes a state has never felt more urgent.
Today on Newstalk Daily, Ciara Doherty talks to Dr Gëzim Visoka, Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Dublin City University. Gëzim brings not only academic expertise — he's authored over a dozen books on the subject — but also a deeply personal perspective. He’s from Kosovo, one of the world’s most diplomatically contested new states.
Together, they unpack why countries like F...
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