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News sites don't provide much evidence of increase of nationalist sentiment, unless you take into account the usual spin anytime something bad is reported: "This bad thing happened! Things are getting worse!"
Yes, however the desire for Colorado to split into two states for California to split into 6 and for the ukraine to split into 2 I think shows that there is a identity/policy crisis going on that is compelling political entities to split. Although one does have to dig past the hype these news sites have their use.
Part of it is that different parts of the states have different ideas about how the state should be governed.
Right! Therefore I think its helpful to think about the institution of the nation state and how to govern ourselves as a political entity rather than forfeiting that right to others. Does the nation state concept still have meaning or is it time for a change?