Sovereignty
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That does not mean Russian leaders are any closer to accepting NATO expansion as a major contribution to European and Russian security, or to establishing an institutionalized dialogue with the West that respects the
sovereignty
of Russia’s neighbors.
And Moldova now knows that, should that happen, the West will not intervene militarily to protect its
sovereignty.
National
sovereignty
is deemed too important to be subordinated to international tax laws.
The United Kingdom’s recent decision to boost defense spending highlights the growing recognition that strong military capabilities will be needed to uphold Europe’s security and
sovereignty.
The Catalonia crisis is a strong hint from history that Europe needs to develop a new type of sovereignty, one that strengthens cities and regions, dissolves national particularism, and upholds democratic norms.
But the longer-term beneficiary of this new type of
sovereignty
would be Europe as a whole.
Such coordination would infringe on central-bank independence no more than multilateral cooperation undermines the
sovereignty
of the countries involved.
For Europeans, this responsibility is particularly urgent, because America’s new driving ideology emphasizes the traditional Westphalian nation-state, with its insistence on sovereignty, strong borders, and nationalism.
Standing in the way is the prized
sovereignty
of 28 countries with very different political cultures and a host of conflicting national and regional interests.
And governments hate the implied loss of
sovereignty
and face.
For economic convergence, if allowed to ripen, could set Taiwan and the PRC on an evolutionary course toward common
sovereignty.
National
sovereignty
concerns, especially in the US, can also limit international cooperation.
Of course, Europe’s political class doesn’t like suggestions like this, because they entail surrendering some degree of national
sovereignty.
Those unwilling to pay the price of handing over national
sovereignty
in some areas tacitly accept that the eruption of a new crisis is only a matter of time.
But the risk is particularly acute in the EU, because populist political forces, should they win power, are likely to reject, in the name of national sovereignty, the supranational rules that form the basis of European institutions.
When a country gives up its monetary sovereignty, its banks are effectively borrowing in a foreign currency, making them exceptionally vulnerable to liquidity shocks, like that which sparked turmoil in Europe’s banking system in 2010-2011.
Such ventures now dot Asia’s geography, even as tensions over unsettled boundaries and
sovereignty
claims are fueling turbulence.
For example, harmonizing insolvency regimes across the continent and reducing tax incentives that favor debt over equity, while entirely logical, strike at the heart of member states' remaining sovereignty, and thus will be extremely difficult to push forward.
For example, most proposals involve some kind of fiscal union, which would inevitably entail the partial transfer of fiscal
sovereignty
from national governments to the European Union.
For example, the court determined that the German parliament would have to be consulted each time a member country requested assistance, asserting that fiscal
sovereignty
forms the core of national
sovereignty.
Moreover, the court decided long ago that only the German public – not the government – may transfer fiscal
sovereignty
to Brussels.
A modern Asian strategy for Russia – call it “Project Siberia” – should combine Russian political
sovereignty
with foreign capital and technologies.
Russia would maintain effective
sovereignty
over the eastern territories while creating a new platform for development.
Aiming to establish a fait accompli concerning its claims to
sovereignty
in the area, China has lately been engaged in concerted dredging and reclamation works on several reefs and shoals of the disputed Spratly Islands.
The Obama administration’s contradictory rhetoric – affirming that the US-Japan security treaty covers the Senkakus, while refusing to take a position on the islands’
sovereignty
– has not helped.
But America’s neutrality on
sovereignty
disputes threatens to undermine its bilateral security alliances (which, by preventing countries like Japan from turning toward militarism, actually serve Chinese interests).
But is the Kremlin serious about recognizing Ukraine’s
sovereignty
in the Donbas and resuming normal relations with the West?
And, indeed, Merkel’s criticism in Munich of Russia for invading Crimea and supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was met with Lavrov’s assertions that the West ignored the
sovereignty
norm in international law by invading Iraq and recognizing Kosovo’s independence.
Rather than upholding national
sovereignty
at all costs, the expanded order sought to pool
sovereignty
and to establish shared rules to which national governments must adhere.
But now the West itself is rejecting the order that it created, often using the very same logic of
sovereignty
that the rising powers used.
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