A conference on sovereignty
A couple of weeks ago, I was able to attend a conference on the defence of sovereignty in the 21st century. It was an academic conference, not a political event, […]
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Sir Edward Heath
It’s been quiet lately. But I found this quote by the late Sir Edward Heath, which deserves to be read by everyone interested in this subject. It was in a
A warped view / Record straight
From the Surrey Hants Star Anybody who is unclear about the purpose of the Constitution for Europe may care to reflect on a recent comment from Mr Richard Laming, Director
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More on national sovereignty
My comments on national sovereignty in an earlier blog entry seem to have provoked some reactions. Let me try and explain. Think of the Sellafield nuclear reactor on the Cumbrian
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Guantanamo Bay: a hole in the laws of physics
By Richard Laming The detention camp established by the United States at Guantanamo Bay has become notorious around the world. It is used as a prison camp for prisoners captured
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Democracies can be warmongers too
Democracies may find it harder to go to war but they do not find it impossible. As Sir Samuel Brittan acknowledges, the human tendency to divide the world into in-groups
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The dream of sovereignty
By Conrad Russell At the moment, when I am asked whether I am working on history or politics, I often find it very difficult to answer. This is because of
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The slow death of national sovereignty
National sovereignty – the claim of a state (that is to say by its government) to be judge and jury in its own cause – has been an assumed right
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Why nation states are not obsolete
By John Roberts There is a myth abroad that the nation state is nowadays a paper tiger, its place as the rampant danger to peace and stability in the world
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