EI SUN OH
I BRIEFLY discussed the notion of self-determination of “nations,” and by inclusion of “peoples,” especially as propounded by the American president Woodrow Wilson a century ago after World War 1. After clarifying the similarities and differences in the common and formal usages of “nations,” “states,” “nation states” and “countries,” I think several further distinctions would need to be drawn in order to further elucidate this notion in a more positive direction.