nation-state building

基本解释

He talks of building a nation-state and taking Ukraine into NATO and the European Union.
他说要建立一个民族国家，要让乌克兰投入北约和欧盟的怀抱。
And, we ended up being involved in state-building and counter-narcotics and human rights and nation development, which actually took the focus away from the main priority.
而且，我们最终参与了阿富汗的重建、反毒品活动、**活动和国家发展，这实际上使我们的重心偏离了主要使命。
Nationalism is confronted with the hard task of state-building after the victory of the nation liberal movement.
在民族解放斗争胜利后，民族主义面临艰巨的国家建设任务。

"And,we ended up being involved in state-building and counter-narcotics and human rights and nation development, which actually took the focus away from the main priority."

He talks of building a nation-state and taking Ukraine into NATO and the European Union.
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