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Nationalism, when compared to liberalism and socialism, has been given the status of “the most territorial of political ideologies”. 1 We define “nation” here as a group of people who feel they have a common past and destiny within a bounded territory. These people share common experiences of danger, historical struggles, stories, and cultural affinity in relation to a common place. The study of nationalism has frequently engaged geographers with regard to the study of identity. Work in geography that relates nationalism with the construction of identity has recently invoked the work of Rogers Brubaker, adding spatial dimensions to the sociologist’s work. 2 Given this usage of Brubaker’s research in geography, we as interviewers thought it would be appropriate to clarify some of the “spatial dimensions” that political geographers have picked up on. We asked Brubaker to articulate his own view on concepts that he …