Sentences with phrase «of sovereign nation states»

But in order for a forum to expand its power, those problems need to be framed as terminal, and beyond the understanding or reach of sovereign nation states.

In short, the back to the future scenario of sovereign nation states fully in charge of their respective territory is not feasible.

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«The GUIDES indicators that focus on some overall macroeconomic indicators,» Chisa recommends, plus «a few other topics that get you a lot of bang for the buck: British Colonialism, nations versus states, Dutch Disease (resource curse), Sovereign Wealth Fund, import substitution, current account balance, fiscal deficit, IMF austerity measures, and the «trilemma» of free - capital flows, independent monetary policy, and fixed exchange rates.»

For a rather small nation — technically a sovereign city - state — Singapore has a lot of dining options.

I think you will see battles between nation - state sovereigns and individuals because of Bitcoin.»

The nation is not only the third largest by race in the world, but because of the miss of unchanging and tangible sovereign regulations, states are generally giveaway to take their possess position on the matter.

They stated that the «brutal aggression» is a «clear violation of the international laws and the UN Charter», and was an «unjustified assault» on a sovereign country that is a member of the United Nations.

According to Wikipedia, she is «the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and head of the 54 - member Commonwealth of Nations.

The inability of the Gallicanist state to co-opt Catholicism's social energy exposed a tension inherent in liberal democracy: between the people empowered as a sovereign whole, on one hand, and those partial societies of individuals which diversify the nation, on the other.

They, soon reinforced, we may hope, by a more clear - eyed U.S. policy, may succeed in recalling the United Nations to its former and more modest self — a necessary, if frequently irritating, instrument of sovereign states in search of cooperation without abdication.

Not only are its people more polarized than ever over Puerto Rico's status question — whether to become a sovereign nation, become a state of the U.S. or stay as it is; it is the most impoverished North American territory, with an external debt of over $ 7 billion, an unemployment rate of more than 20 per cent, 65 per cent of its people on federal food stamps and 38 per cent who have an income below the poverty line.

Until a little over a century ago the papacy was itself a temporal power, one of the major states of Italy, and it remains to this day a sovereign state recognized diplomatically by many nations.

On the contrary, he set the economic in a larger order in which the state («the sovereign» in The Wealth of Nations) has a major role including in the economic sphere.

They are still held captive by an epistemology borrowed from the modern university, with its notion of detached objectivity, the fact - value dichotomy, the separation of emotion and reason (with reason as the superior means of knowing) and the loss of any authority other than an isolated, sovereign self that is subservient to the needs of the modern nation - state.

This is precisely because «Islamic umma» is not «an imagined community» equivalent of any nation - state; it «is ideologically not «a society» onto which state, economy and religion can be mapped» as it is «neither limited nor sovereign», and «can eventually embrace all of humanity» (Asad 2003: 197 — 198).

The other issue is his understanding of diplomatic arrangement between Ghana, United Nations and other multinational peace keeping arrangements and Ghana and another sovereign state.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) received some key bi-partisan support today for his efforts to urge the state's Congressional delegation to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and to immediately withdraw its troops from the sovereign nation.

Notice that the unwanted action is already a fait accompli — these nations» diplomats failed to persuade the sovereign state ahead of time to not act that way.

If you have a «nation state» then you have already achieved the self - determination to which you are entitled, which is another way of saying that you have a right to establish a sovereign state or in lieu of that, an autonomous region with substantially autonomous self - government.

The classical definition of a nation state requires territory, population, a formal body that can impose taxes and government policy, and recognition by (some number) of sovereign states.

The past eight months have demonstrated that the IMF, EU Commission, and ECB believe they are able to impose whatever is in their economic interest and coincides with their economic philosophy on sovereign nation - states regardless of their government, the will of their people or the facts on the ground.

I always thought that calling for the destruction of a sovereign state, which is a member of the United Nations, is something that goes beyond «political views.»

In conclusion, «legality» basically means the legality of the existent of a state, but it doesn't really hold much meaning or value on the international stage while recognition means whether other countries accept you as a sovereign nation / state or do they count you as territory of another country.

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has lambasted the founder of the Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, describing him as a frustrated and drowning man, who has no regard for Igbo nation.

As a matter of international law, the Peace of Westphalia (which ended the Thirty Years» War and established the modern international order) established nation - states as sovereign entities.

It is my hope that we can work together in the future to help fulfill the people of Puerto Rico's choice to become either a state or a sovereign nation.»

He further said, «It is unfortunate that this level of criminal impunity is happening in a sovereign nation with a constitution which declares that the security and welfare of the citizens shall be a major responsibility of the state.

«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.

We are a separate corporate entity established with an appropriate level of separation from the Nation government, but we offer partners an array of tax efficiencies and other benefits based on the Nation's sovereign status, including federal tax immunity, state income tax exemption, federal capital gains tax exemption, state sales tax exemption and preferential debt financing and government contracting preferences, among others.

But reacting to the directive of the President to the corps members, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra said Nigeria had never been a nation.

Are we a giant army barracks where only senior military officers and commanders are respected or a sovereign and independent nation - state where the will of the people holds sway at all times and in all matters?

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008; it has since been recognized as a sovereign state by about half of the United Nations» members, including Canada, the United States, and 22 of the European Union's 27 states, but excluding China and RStates, and 22 of the European Union's 27 states, but excluding China and Rstates, but excluding China and Russia.

Grenada is an island nation and sovereign state consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the south - eastern Caribbean Sea.

32 Sovereign immunity is thus just an extension of these paradigms, ensuring that states do not have to be accountable for its violations through the law of nations.

Last week though, Mr. Dougherty reported that an association of online lenders claiming to be operated by Native American tribes, The Native American Financial Services Association (NAFA)(which represents just 16 of the 566 federally - recognized Indian tribes in the U.S.) called on banks to resist pressure from the state of New York State to cut them off from the nation's primary payment system, claiming violations of tribal sovereign immustate of New York State to cut them off from the nation's primary payment system, claiming violations of tribal sovereign immuState to cut them off from the nation's primary payment system, claiming violations of tribal sovereign immunity.

Recent activities have included a range of research, identity and product design for WikiLeaks, as well as proposals for the identity of Sealand, a self - proclaimed sovereign nation - state located on a platform built by the British seven miles off the English coast as part of a naval defense strategy during World War II.

All societies need environmental rules, regardless of whether that are sovereign nation states, or small independent localised sustainable communities.

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to change state and federal laws to allow commercial hemp farming, has released a statement in response to the undue and wrongful raid of industrial hemp crops on the sovereign land of the Menominee Indian Tribe by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which occurred Friday October 23, 2015.

The S&P says that how well a sovereign state can endure the effects of climate change can directly impact that nation's creditworthiness, Reuters reported.

These are related to the preservation of the «international democratic order» both at the domestic level in terms of public participation and consultation on geoengineering and at the international level concerning interference in the affairs of sovereign states in accordance with Article 2 (7) of the United Nations Charter.

Recalling also that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

• Recalling also that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (UN 1992a: Preface, emphasis added).

Although article 2.1 of the Charter of the United Nations states that «The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members», the sovereignty of nation states became the thing that caused the problems that the UN was intended to solve.

We can not serve in the army; because, the Torah prohibits us to create a state before the coming of Messiah... because, the Torah prohibits us to wage war against any sovereign nation!»

In these times of increasing euroscepticism, critics of the European Union often contest the Union's very raison d'être by referring to measures such as the «Bent Cucumber Regulation» and enquire after its right to legislate and adjudicate on areas that traditionally used to be within the scope of sovereign nation - states.

Josh Robbins, the chair of the firm's White Collar Defense and Government Investigations Department, has represented the governments of the United States and other sovereign nations, Global 500 and Fortune 500 corporations, and individuals in jury trials, appeals before federal circuit courts and the United States Supreme Court, international arbitrations, and complex government investigations.

'' Spitting Bullets Is Deadly from Simple Justice And once again, the Great Sovereign Nation of Texas competes with the State of Florida for which does the stupidest things.

It then ordered that the case be reargued in order to answer the question: «Whether and under what circumstances the Alien Tort Statute... allows courts to recognize a cause of violations of the law of nations occurring within the territory of a sovereign other than the United States.»

Foley Hoag, recognized around the world for its expertise in Public International Law and representation of sovereign States, has established a special practice group catering to States» Permanent Missions to the United Nations.

A treaty, including one between the United States and a Native American tribe, is treated as a contract between two sovereign nations, and it can only be abrogated by acts of Congress.