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
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