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"Return" is perhaps not the right word, because this is something different from the territorial nationalism the produced the scourge of Nazism; this conservatism is pan-national.

Peter Clothier: Norway -- And the Fate of the Human Species Peter Clothier 2011

By using herself as her first client, she found her answer -- and laid the groundwork for a company that sees Work in global terms, and young people as a dynamic pan-national force.

Sharon Glassman: What is Work? Career Satisfaction for a Global Youth Culture 2009

Al Qaeda is not fighting for political goals but to create a pan-national Islamic State that would supplant not only Israel but all the Arab states.

MJ Rosenberg: Ceasefire 2009

After all, until 1866 or so neither was a unified country, and people were far more apt to identify with their region than some pan-national ideal even far into the nation-state era.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Hispanics” and Sotomayor: 2009

One day you're the Junior Senior Manager of Widgets for a pan-national concern.

Sharon Glassman: What Is Work? Mastering the Art of Change 2009

Last month, I moved, pneumonia-clad, to a week-by-week rental infused with pan-national Goddess iconography and a morose ex-computer scientist co-renter obsessed with ghee.

Sharon Glassman: Seven Characters In Search of a Housemate 2009

So we have a third identity for you – a pan-national Islamism that knows no boundaries and can envelop you entirely.

Johann Hari: Meet the Ex-Jihadis 2009

Some are national movements; some like al-Qaeda have pretentions to being pan-national.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

But the gloriously disembodied, pan-national ideology that emerged from this swirl turned out to be his nemesis: Islamism.

Johann Hari: How to Understand Kashmir and Survive the Jihadis: An Interview with Sir Salman Rushdie 2009

The scribes wrote in Latin, and their work spoke to a tiny pan-national European elite who identified with each other not by country but by religious creed.

Johann Hari: Has The Internet Brought Us Together -- Or Pulled Us Apart? 2009