How do states prevent the recognition of territories that have unilaterally declared
independence? At a time when the issue of secession is becoming increasingly significant …

How do emerging states obtain international recognition and secure membership of
international organisations in contemporary world politics? This book provides the first in …

This study reflects on sovereignty as dynamic, whereby associated conditions, like
recognition, fluctuate in quality and quantity within a unit and over time, and adds to existing …

International society debates help us theorize how states or non-state actors matter for the
organization of international relations but pay less attention to actors that transcend the …

In January 1992, shortly after the end of the Cold War, a Security Council Summit in New
York reaffirmed the salience of the system of collective security and stated the determination …

Since coming to power in 2016, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has pledged to
safeguard Taiwan's sovereignty amidst Beijing's aggressive imposition of the one-China …

This study explores whether and how regional parliaments facilitate collective state
recognition, a question that has been overlooked within a literature that focuses more on …

Sovereignty in the Exercise of the Right to Self-Determination detangles the relationship
between a number of principles of international law and the exercise of sovereign power …

There are few questions more interesting and more important for the international
community than the issue of how new states are created and accepted into the wider global …

El 12 de diciembre de 1946, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas aprobaba excluir
a la España franquista de la organización y recomendaba la retirada de embajadores de …