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also why do people like to use the term nation state when it involves hacking. just to sound fancier? according to wiki nation state has a precise meaning and i

• phaus 9y ago
  I think it's probably due to the fact that when the phrasing became popular, China was almost exclusively the focus. So itay not be accurate now, but at this point it's a habit.
• docdeek 9y ago
  I wrote my doctorate thesis in international relations theory and taught Intro to IR courses where the difference between country, state, nation, and nation state were covered in week one. You're right that there's a difference between country and nation state (and a difference between nation state and both nation and state, too) but in popular use - including politicians who should know better - the terms are interchangeable.