According to a
Chicago Journal of International Law article about Jedlicka's claims, atruly objective legal definition of nationhood can't require outside recognition, since that would just mean "the most powerful states imposing their idiosyncratic moral framework onto other, weaker peoples" and a grotesque realpolitik by which a power like Croatia could crush even legitimate claims by the likes of Jedlicka by force.
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