Nationalist Expansionism and irredentism
Countries that seek to expand their territorial control and dominate other countries economically and politically exhibit expansionistic nationalism. On the other hand, expansionistic nationalism is expansionistic nationalism is exhibited by groups of people seeking self-determination and independence from political control of existing nations. The German nationalism was responsible for the second world war. Another variant of expansionistic nationalism is irredentism in which a country claims historical right to a portion of another country’s territory and ethnic similarity to the population of that territory. For example, Cyprus is claimed by both Turkey (geographically) and Greece (ethnically). Expressions of nationalism also may take the ;form of separatism when a group of people within a region of a country struggles for independence from the host country, like the Mindanao-sulu region of the Philippines. All these could lead towar.