Each week, the Inside the Issues podcast series will go in-depth with a different CIGI expert on the most challenging issues in global governance. Hosted by CIGI Chair David Welch, these candid and timely discussions are available on the CIGI YouTube channel and on iTunes video and audio.

In episode 13, Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Yogendra Yadav, discusses the modern reality of multi-national states - countries with two or more identifiable nations within their borders. He says that the concept of 'nation states' is largely outdated, and most contemporary countries should be thought of as 'state nations'.