Yoram Hazony, the president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem, is the author of several books, including God and Politics in Esther, The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel’s Soul, and the Virtue of Nationalism, which was just released. The following is an exchange we had over email, discussing the Virtue of Nationalism and contemporary politics, edited for length.

Adam Rubenstein: Your book is a thorough case for the nation state and for nationalism. What’s our best evidence that nationalism is a good thing—that its virtues outweigh its vices?

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