Sentences with phrase «certain sovereign states»

Current literature identifies lack of common threats, base identities, and overlapping goals as dilemmas that make cooperation among certain sovereign states unlikely.

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What we don't know the state of credit default swaps held by banks against sovereign debt and against European banks, nor do we know the state of CDS held by British banks, nor are we certain of how certain the exposure of British banks is to the Ireland sovereign debt problems.»

For Milbank, Taylor «is highly alert to the fact that disenchantment perhaps primarily came about because a certain style of theology favored this — a style wishing to monopolize all mystery in the one God, somewhat in the way that the modern state now monopolized all coercive power at the sovereign center.»

For the specific purposes of IR [International Relations], «the state» refers to the modern sovereign state, which possess a «legal personality» and is recognized as possessing certain rights and duties.

«Aware that the right of self - determination in international law is the legal right for a «people» that allows them to attain a certain degree of autonomy from a sovereign state through a legitimate political process, we strongly demand for a referendum to take place in a politically sane atmosphere where all parties will have a democratic voice over their future and the future of the nation.

Thirdly, a domestic court will treat as non-justiciable — or will refrain from adjudicating on — certain categories of sovereign act by a foreign state abroad, even if outside the jurisdiction of that state.

If what a sovereign state offers to a business in return for it doing certain activity in that state is not something upon which the business can rely in the future, we have a degree of business uncertainty which is potentially catastrophic.