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The Case for External Sovereignty

University of Cambridge, UK

Critics of sovereignty have argued that it produces outcomes that violate universal moral principles. This article offers a qualified defence of external sovereignty by returning to some of the arguments first deployed to support claims to it. The article argues that if claims to external sovereignty are understood in part as a critique of the ambitions of powerful states, then the presumption of it in international politics, not as an absolute value but a crucial consequential consideration, could act as a restraint on the power of the world’s strongest states by making justifications for war somewhat more difficult.

Key Words: authority • intervention • power • sovereignty • universal values

European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 12, No. 2, 251-274 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1354066106064509


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