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 | | According to the conception of the shapes of nations that is currently preferred, however, nations must conform to the topological model of (approximate) circularity; their borders must guarantee contiguity and simple connectedness, and such borders must as far as possible conform to existing topographical features on the ground. |
 | | If A's are to the east and to the west, and B's are in the center, then neither the eastern nor the western A's need feel any threat to the territorial integrity of their respective groups. |
 | | This is the situation of Serbs and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russians in Ukraine and Moldova, Albanians in Kosovo and Macedonia, Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, Kurds in Turkey, Iran and Iraq, Tamils in Sri Lanka, and Muslim Kashmiris in India. |
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