| Other groups of actors which influence developments in the region are diasporas. |
| It is not surprising that, as liberal doctrines took hold, trade diasporas declined as the expanding West imposed a cosmopolitan culture on the whole world. |
| There are many people in diasporas as well who have fled that very oppressive regime. |
| However, if they lose contact with their diasporas, they can lose some of their best and brightest talent. |
| Where can we store these not-so-pleasant residues of digital diasporas whose emancipatory political and aesthetic potential is less than certain? |
| The contemporary democratic world provides numerous such examples of ties between nation-states and national diasporas. |
