State Sovereignty

State Sovereignty

Introduction

It is defined as, “The supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power by which an independent state is governed and from which all specific political powers are derived; the intentional independence of a state, combined with the right and power of regulating its internal affairs without foreign interference.”(Gale Group)

With the course of the time there has been a great occurrence of “diffusion of power in the world economy” (Strange, 1996). Due to the increasing number of issues, a state is no longer an authority of predominant location; instead many challenges are imposed by other locations to a state sovereignty.

Discussion

Challenges

There are many challenges to the state sovereignty in 21st century. In few cases, authority cannot be claimed by a state, while in other cases, authority of a state is no longer identified by others as the possessing ones and there are few instances in which states are facing challenges from non-state actors.

Globalization

The collection of many globalization factors has caused many states to less focus on policies and is more controlled by other organizations or associations such as the EU or WTO which have become more important players in running a state. World, in early 20th century was more interrelated but the prevalence of technology has imposed restrictions on interdependency of states on each other rather globalization has pushed aside the concept of interdependency and states are becoming more intruding to others.

As Strobe Talbot, presidential advisor to W.J. Clinton once said that “as countries are basically social arrangements …. No matter how permanent and even sacred they may seem at one time, in fact that are all artificial and temporary … Within the next 100 years… nationhood as we know it will be obsolete: all states will recognize a single, global authority.”(Baker 2000, pp. 3)

Non state actors

In 21st ...