Sovereignty
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That is why a public debate that considers only two extreme scenarios – imposed integration or absolute national
sovereignty
– is misleading and dangerous.
For their part, EU member countries should recognize that they, as sovereign actors, chose integration, because the benefits of pooling their
sovereignty
outweighed the costs.
The idea that, when the going gets tough, an EU country can solve all of its problems by reverting to pure national
sovereignty
is an intellectual fallacy, a political chimera, and thus a source of considerable social frustration.
Sovereignty
does not negate interdependence.
It is time for countries to abandon the notion that there is some magical form of
sovereignty
that will allow them to escape their responsibilities as EU members without incurring serious costs.
The myth of
sovereignty
has been perpetuated for far too long in the EU, fueling dangerous nationalist sentiment and fear of the “other."
Like the raid by US Navy SEALs that killed bin Laden, Mansour’s assassination required the US to violate the
sovereignty
of a country that, as one of the largest recipients of American aid, should have been supporting the effort.
During the two-year period before Britain’s withdrawal takes final effect, there would be UK-EU negotiations on many points – sovereignty, the legal order, immigration, finances, and economic matters.
So Pakistan’s government has failed in its principal responsibility, enshrined in its constitution, to safeguard the lives and property of its citizens, as well as the country’s security and
sovereignty.
The right of humanitarian intervention limits the
sovereignty
of all other countries.
Second, the sovereign equality of states includes respect for all the rights inherent in
sovereignty.
And the common security agenda of confidence-building and transparency must be based on the indivisibility of security in Europe and the transatlantic area as a whole, including respect for
sovereignty
and territorial integrity – not just for alliance members, but for all countries that belong to the broader transatlantic security community.
But the question remains: will output growth continue following the transfer of
sovereignty
to an Iraqi government at the end of June?
In fact, the opposite is true: the logic of national
sovereignty
has staged a comeback, with major economies consistently undermining cooperation on issues ranging from security to trade to climate change.
Now, these countries are largely rejecting R2P, viewing it as a device employed by Western governments to legitimize their attempts to infringe upon national
sovereignty.
Security is not the only area where
sovereignty
concerns have superseded multilateralism.
In the emerging multipolar world, characterized by
sovereignty
concerns and strategic competition, progress toward resolving global issues will be more difficult than ever – with potentially devastating consequences.
Indeed, some of the ideas proposed – a common asylum system and a common burden-sharing scheme – would constitute a clear transfer of
sovereignty
to the EU in an area once seen as a core national function.
Parliamentary
sovereignty
in Germany means sovereignty, first and foremost, over the government.
Vertical subsidiarity concerns the distribution of powers among different levels of government and sovereignty: the EU, national states, regions, and municipalities.
Some segments of the left – who said “No” in 2005 to the proposed European Union Constitutional Treaty – oppose Europe for a combination of social and economic reasons, often resorting to appeals to national
sovereignty.
And, in the United Kingdom, the vision of recovered national
sovereignty
is fueling the campaign to leave the EU.
It cannot opt out of the US-led sanctions regime; and it cannot exempt the disputed Kurils from its security treaty with the US, especially now that it has been urging the US to provide an explicit commitment to defend the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, over which China claims
sovereignty.
Such states call into question our traditional attitude towards national
sovereignty.
The appeal of such forces is particularly pronounced in the EU, owing to the popular perception that European integration has weakened national
sovereignty
and left citizens subject to decision-making by unelected technocrats.
Asia’s two giants have long defined their relationship in terms of the famous Pancha Sheela: mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty; mutual non-aggression; mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs; equality and mutual benefit; and peaceful co-existence.
Any resolution – any suggestion of change – will engender new conflicts because of conflicting claims of
sovereignty.
However tempting it may be to solve the puzzle by drawing new borders or establishing new entities, this conundrum cannot be resolved in terms of
sovereignty.
In other words, the price of solidarity is limited
sovereignty.
They may choose Brexit because they want full sovereignty, because they hate Brussels, or because they want migrants to return home, but not because they expect great economic benefits.
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