Challenges of State Sovereignty in the Age of Globalization

• Author: Dukagjin Leka
• Position: Assistant Professor, PhD, Dukagjin Leka, Law Faculty, Vice-Rector for International Relations of the University 'Kadri Zeka' Gjilan, Kosovo
• Pages: 61-72

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Challenges of State Sovereignty in the Age

of Globalization

Dukagjin LEKA

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Abstract: State and sovereignty are two words, which in XXI century are the most commonly used, as

in internal plan as well as at in the international plan, the latter even more. But, while in the past

centuries was talked about sovereignty as something that is strongly and indivisib le connected to the

state - as a mother with her child, in this century-in globalized world, the state and sovereignty are being

used as something that were strongly connected, but today this connection is softened. This is done for

many different reasons, because we are living in the time, where state sovereignty is not considered

anymore as something absolute and intangible, meanings that no longer exists literally, and this is being

proven every day more and more. We have the cases o f humanitarian intervention, where the

sovereignty of a state is taken temporarily or is violated, then we have the creation of regional and

international o rganizations that every day more and more have gained strength within their

organization, as it is the European Union with supranationality powers, then the impact of globalization

on softening this absolute sovereignty, etc.. This scientific paper will present to the reader and all other

stakeholders, the important elements which argue the falling down of absolute sovereignty of states in

XXI century - in the era of globalization.

Keywords: State and sovereignty; globalized world; absolute and intangible; humanitarian

intervention; regional and international organizations; supranationality powers

1. Introduction

World Order and politics today are facing a new danger, which was born in the last

century and has been developed in the second half of the last century and beginning

of the new century and in some terms has achieved to put in question the sovereignty

of the nation states. There are various theorists, who point out that there is a constant

dependence between countries, which is growing everyday, but also the

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Assistant Professor, PhD, Dukagjin Leka, Law Faculty, Vice-Rector for International Relations of the

University “Kadri Zeka” Gjilan, Kosovo. Address: Kosovo, Pristina, 10000, Corresponding author:

dukagjin.leka@uni-gjilan.net.

AUDJ, vol. 13, no. 2/2017, pp. 61-72