Questions tagged [sovereignty]
The authority of a state to govern itself or another state. Most often used to refer to other states attempting to limit the actions of another state.
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What happens to the national debt if a country breaks apart? [duplicate]
How does the debt get split up when a country breaks up?
If, for example, Quebec were to separate from Canada, Quebec would probaly argue that it has no obligation to repay the debts to the Canadian ...
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Why is there so much division in recognizing Kosovo as a sovereign state?
I find the phenomenon curious, that all other countries that don't have recognition as sovereign states by other countries fall into two categories:
Only recognized by a small number of countries (or ...
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Does using the word "state" imply questioning the status of the region as a country?
Inspired by the question asking for the difference between these two words.
I used to write "the Baltic States", simply using the words I have previously seen somewhere and was usually ...
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Can a private citizen host a military base of another country?
The question is just this:
Can a private citizen of a given country host a military base of another country on his private property?
This might be especially important if this property is close to ...
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Is there any theory regarding a colony's natural evolution into independence?
From a layman's perspective, it seems that the fate of most colonies is to evolve into an independent nation. At least those colonies that are, at a particular point in human technological evolution, ...
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Does a country in a, nominal or actual, civil war lose credibility when it's unable to control its territorial waters? e.g. Taiwan, Gibraltar possibly [closed]
In every historical case since the establishment of the UN, when warships freely sail within the territorial waters of a country without prior approval, it was seen as a challenge to the authority and ...
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Can a country sell part of its land to become a new country?
Let's say someone (an individual or corporation) had enough money, could they buy an area of land and establish it as their own country?
Assuming the original country was willing to surrender this ...
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Can a country block its airspace to international civil flights without any reason?
Suppose, a country 'X''s civil airline wants to fly to another country 'Z'. There are three routes. However, the shortest route is 1000km which is through country 'Y'.
Can the country 'Y' block its ...
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Why did the EU and USA really impose sanctions on Zimbabwe?
The EU and USA first imposed economic sanctions against Zimbabwe in 2002. After that these sanctions have been renewed on a regular basis.
What was the root cause of these sanctions?
What is the ...
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Has Russia recognized land currently held by Ukraine as sovereign territory of the LPR/DPR?
In the context of the recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic by Russia, I cannot seem to find whether the territories of said republics correspond only to what ...
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In which areas has national autonomy become weaker, and to what extent and in which areas has national autonomy become stronger? (Sovereign States)
For more than a decade some academics and political actors have been declaring that the sovereign state is just about dead. The reality is that the states are still here and it doesn’t seem that they ...
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Which countries apply one-tiered system or two-tiered system in implementing CBDC?
Central Bank Digital Currrency (CBDC) has been proliferated since 2014. Since then, some countries have implemented the one-tiered system or two-tiered system in management.
One-tiered system is that ...
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What governed regions (e.g., bailiwicks) exist that are not officially part of any country?
A recent question on the Channel Islands made me aware that while they are under the governance of two bailiwicks (Guernsey and Jersey) and are (British) Crown Dependencies, they are not part of the ...
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Does the Japanese government not have the authority to cancel the Olympics?
An article talks about how Japan recently declared a third state of emergency due to the pandemic, most people in Japan don't want the 2020 Olympics to take place, and how their health care system is ...
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What's the difference between declaring sovereignty and declaring independence?
What's the difference between declaring sovereignty and declaring independence? Aren't those the same thing? Please help me make sense of the following sentence (but keep in mind that my question is ...
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