KK2 - States - The impact on state sovereignty of: Regional Groupings, Contested borders, Issues that require multilateral resolution

Question 1

Sovereignty

Answer 1

Legitimate or widely recognised ability to exercise effective control of a territory within recognised borders. This is the primary organising principle of global politics, providing states with the authority to represent the territorial entity within the international community. State sovereignty can be challenged internally (for example, secessionist groups) or externally (for example, one state invades another)

Question 2

Regional Groupings

Answer 2

A collective of states in a particular region that combine their efforts to achieve certain economic, social and political goals and objectives

Question 3

Regional Grouping: European Union

Answer 3

-Founded as the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957
-Aim = to remove trade barriers and form a common market
-Now, it governs common economic, political, social and security policies of its member states

Question 4

Contested borders

Answer 4

Contested means “in dispute”. Depending on a series of circumstances, borders can be contested and claimed, create conflict and/or cause change.
A Border represents the land or sea boundary between two or more states. If this is in dispute, the sovereignty (territorial integrity) can be challenged

Question 5

Multilateral Resolutions

Answer 5

Coordinating relations between three or more global actors to create, ratify and abide by international laws, conventions and treaties to solve a problem or a continuous matter

Note: No single state is able to unilaterally solve such issues.