• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I’m not aware of any major strife between Czechia and Slovakia

    Czechoslovakia was a combination of two historically distinct ethnic groups, so there was relatively little “sorting” during the partisan in the wake of the USSR’s collapse.

    Compared to the break up of Yugoslavia or the “Two State Solution” in Israel, it was utopian. But that’s a hold over of the pre-WWs ethnic make up of these regions. You don’t have anything like this in the much more internally diverse and mixed populations of the US.

    Furthermore, over the last five years, the high rate of undocumented immigration and smuggling has lead to Czechnia tightening its border. We may see a rise in ethnic nationalism create friction in the future.