Foulweather Friends: Violence and Third-Party Support in Self-Determination Conflicts

Huddleston, R. Joseph

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3160347

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“…4 By doing so, we are allowed an appreciation of the different degrees and types of recognition short of general recognition. Such a conceptualisation adds to existing discussion of changes in sovereignty in relation to aspiring states, which concentrate more on the kinds of international exchange other than recognition that build towards it (Huddleston, 2020, 2021) but also responds to calls for the study of sovereignty in relation to the various polities that occupy the world (De Carvalho, 2021: 228), such as those statehood claimants only partially recognised.…”

Section: Sovereignty and Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

State recognition and dynamic sovereignty

Kyris

2022

European Journal of International Relations

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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 discussions that concentrate on changes in the meaning of (rather than associated conditions with) sovereignty or more static approaches to partial sovereignty relative to other actors in international relations (e.g. in the context of hierarchical relations). I do so by reflecting on different degrees of recognition, as associated with external sovereignty, such as extensive but not general recognition (e.g. Kosovo); different types of recognition, such as recognition of a right to (as opposed to the presence of) statehood (e.g. Palestine); as well as change in recognition over time, such as with those witnessing significant fluctuations in their recognition (e.g. Taiwan, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic). Towards explaining these changes and theory development, I argue for historicising sovereignty, and by doing so, I contribute to a literature that has focused more on changes in the meaning of sovereignty across time rather than changes in its within-unit practical manifestations. I also offer some preliminary theoretical assumptions on how internal and external dimensions of sovereignty might interplay over time in processes of state emergence and on issues of agency, particularly on how recognisers define what we understand as sovereignty but also how some statehood claimants navigate or even embrace their lack of recognition to advance their sovereignty. With this range of conceptual and theoretical propositions presented, the study seeks to facilitate the development of further analysis of statehood, recognition and sovereignty.

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Section: Sovereignty and Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%