. In his newly published book, Florian Bieber focuses on emergence of nationalism and its historical evolution. In taking a global perspective, Bieber reflects upon main themes in existing scholarship, and sheds light on some of the contemporary issues found in new nationalism of today - debates about migration, diversity and authoritarian politics.

Besides discussing the origin of his new book, challenges of writing about and researching nations and nationalism, and asking what makes nations and nationalism so durable, this episode of Opinion Peace also touches upon the role and the rise of the (nation) state in the current crisis and the potential impact(s) of the current pandemic on nationalism.