Anti-State

At the center of jihadist politics is a rejection of the nation-state, or so says a recent article in The New Yorker. It makes sense as religion, as truth, crosses borders and ethnicity. One is reminded of the conflict between the two modern state goliaths: Germany and Russia. Germany was exclusive, a nation of Aryans with an adopted and probably fictional ancient history, Russia was all embracing--or so they insisted--as a nation of workers, crossing borders. Nazis wanted to cross borders only to kill the locals, the communist wanted to absorb the neighbor.
The West is undergoing a decline in its national identification. One wonders what will work best against a sworn enemy who has the same disregard for the State.