I don't think that we are on the verge of a wave of texenephobic race. There are issues in some countries, but i think we've got to stop crying wolf about it. We've had a pe of liberal overreach, and there is now a reaction against it. And we need to make sure that that reaction doesn't take ugly forms as it does in some places. Developing countries very much are attached to their nationality. No matter how many years they spend abroad, or what nationalities they have, afterwards, they will remain in gostavian, they'll remain turkish.
In this archive debate, we revisit a discussion from 2018 when an assembled panel of smart thinkers gathered to reflect on the concept of nationhood, nationality and the impact of former UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s infamous 2016 speech that proclaimed, “If you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere.” The discussion featured guests including the commentator and author David Goodhart, award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, former diplomat David Landsman and historian Simon Schama. Hosting the the episode was journalist and broadcaster Kamal Ahmed.
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