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Recent Examples of microstate
This currently includes 23 EU member states, six non-EU countries, and three European microstates, covering a total of 32 countries and territories.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Sep. 2024
Chechnya, ruled by the current president, Ramzan Kadyrov, as a kind of microstate according to his own interpretations of sharia and Chechen tradition, offers the most extreme example of this arrangement.
—Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
If summer is your season of choice, try to plan your visit for the last weekend of July, when a four-day medieval festival takes over the microstate with historical reenactments, crossbow and flag-throwing competitions, and plenty of food, drink, music, and of course, stuff to buy.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Surrounded by Italy on all sides, this microstate — the third smallest in Europe — has stubbornly clung to its independence over the centuries, even as revolutions and world wars swirled around it.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
By Abby Wilson published 30 September 2024 Albania's prime minister has revealed plans to establish a microstate for Sufi Muslims within the country's capital, Tirana.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
San Marino, a tiny microstate within Italy, is home to 33,600.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Only clergy members and administrative staff will live within the microstate, according to AFP.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
There are lots of different microstates or configurations associated that are consistent with this large-scale macro state.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Sep. 2024
Chechnya, ruled by the current president, Ramzan Kadyrov, as a kind of microstate according to his own interpretations of sharia and Chechen tradition, offers the most extreme example of this arrangement.
—Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
If summer is your season of choice, try to plan your visit for the last weekend of July, when a four-day medieval festival takes over the microstate with historical reenactments, crossbow and flag-throwing competitions, and plenty of food, drink, music, and of course, stuff to buy.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Surrounded by Italy on all sides, this microstate — the third smallest in Europe — has stubbornly clung to its independence over the centuries, even as revolutions and world wars swirled around it.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
By Abby Wilson published 30 September 2024 Albania's prime minister has revealed plans to establish a microstate for Sufi Muslims within the country's capital, Tirana.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
San Marino, a tiny microstate within Italy, is home to 33,600.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Only clergy members and administrative staff will live within the microstate, according to AFP.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
There are lots of different microstates or configurations associated that are consistent with this large-scale macro state.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microstate
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The big picture: Telcos have long been a target for nation-state spies looking for coveted state secrets.Sam Sabin, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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This isn't the first time the Trump campaign has been the target of a hack by nation-state actors.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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That year was in the middle of the Interregnum, a period when Britain was a republic without a king.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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There are various plots to overthrow the emperors and either wrest control and put the empire in the hands of a single man or return Rome to its days as a republic.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Singapore Singapore is home to one of the world’s top airports, thriving shopping malls for every budget, one of the best food scenes in the world, and an excellent public transit system that makes everything in this city-state easy to access.Meena Thiruvengadam, Contributor, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
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In the movie, Macrinus buys Lucius (Paul Mescal), who was brought to Rome from a conquered city-state, not realizing that Lucius is the illegitimate grandson of the great Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Balancing innovation with ethical responsibility will be critical as nations integrate AI into their defense strategies.Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has backed the rebels since 2011 and has thus expanded his nation's foothold in the region.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Think of an organization in any domain that has achieved something big in the last few decades.Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This iteration of Yama Sakura is also set to focus on the integration of multi-domain operations across land, air, sea, space and cyber domains.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Barring a successful appeal, the decision ensures Murdoch's media empire will be left equally to his four oldest children, who are not all ideologically aligned with the conservative views of Rupert and Lachlan.Sara Fischer, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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For the Romans, who added Egypt to the empire after Cleopatra’s suicide, the queen was the exotic seducer of both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
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In 2023, travelers spent a total of $9.7 billion across the commonwealth and that didn't slow down in 2024.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Dec. 2024
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The commonwealth’s attorney for Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park, Amy Ashworth, has said her office won’t comment on this case until it’s done.Steve Almasy, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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His ministate is hierarchical, patriarchal and militaristic, a utilitarian utopia rather than a revolutionary experiment.New York Times, New York Times, 13 May 2021
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Karen insurgents, who had once controlled a ministate within Myanmar, lost most of their territory.Hannah Beech, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2020
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“Microstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microstate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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