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While the 20th century saw the emergence of a modern Macedonian nation and the establishment of an internationally recognized Macedonian state, in the 21st century 'Macedonia' remains a focus of struggle not only in today's Republic of Macedonia, but also abroad, and not least among émigrés. Within this framework, our main interest is both how the diasporization (understood as a process rather than diaspora as a category) impacts national identity (re)constructions and their relation to the state, and how the struggles around nation-building and state-building impact diasporization. We therefore seek to define in this article an existing Bourdieusian 'Macedonian diaspora' field, its main actors, linkages and interactions, through the establishment and analysis of a web cartography. By means of this cartography we aim to establish several hypotheses about the interactions and the relative positioning of the different actors engaged in the process of 'Macedonian diasporization' within the framework of nation- and state -building.

Discusses the dispute between the European Union and the US over US immunity in the International Criminal Court (ICC), and reasons for Croatia's support of the EU and Macedonia's support of the US; some focus on other Central and Eastern European states' decisions; since 1998.