[Errigal]

If I were to speak with him I would ask: “President Putin, after the two world wars of the last century, it was decided by many policymakers in Europe and North America that nationalism was a dangerous and unhealthy vice and that “post-nationalism” was the only way forward. In recent years your government has successfully followed a different path by encouraging the Russian nation to feel more comfortable with itself and its national institutions. Do you think other nations may also benefit from a similar policy of national self-confidence and might it help improve international relations if they did?"