Friday, February 24, 2012

thirty pages reading thing

The two columnists-
Irrelevence of sovereignty  - Basically she saying that powerful nations in the world do not respect the rights of smaller nations. She points out libya. Her opinion is that it was wrong to invade and we should not be the world police.
Gaza Missles Threat to Israel sovereignty - Israels sovereignty from past history is threatened that is nothing new. This article is points out that israel has the right to protect itself from attacks against it's sovereighnty. The opinion of the the article is israel should attack targets in other nations to protect itself.

8 Articles-
US - NATO Threats to Libyan Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity - Gives highlights on what sovereignty is and how it the west does not respect it.
In Quite a state- Gives important information on what makes a country a country. Part of this is the right to exclusively punish people in the land.
Nation Building- Harvard source, What makes a good nation a nation. How can we help failed states Afganistan and somalia work again.
Syria Must be Respected- China has long taken the stance that all nations with any form of government are sovereign and foreign nations should not attempt to impede on their rights. (part of this is due to prevent war i.e. south korea vietnam)
Pakistani Sovereignty- As we saw in the killing of Osama bin laden, the us disregarded pakistan's right as a sovereign nation. This prompts the question when is it ok, which i Hope to answer in my research. The PM of pakistan condemned the actions.
Forfeit Sovereignty- It is ok to forfeit sovereignty when a government cannot provide basic needs of it's people or commits atrocities against them. What should the world do/ should they do anything at all argument included.
Iraq Sovereign?- So this article shows the steps Iraq took to become sovereign and how it needs to gain or gained power.
Sanctions- The question that was made was whether or not sanctions or embargo's impeded on a nations status as sovereign. At one time, one hopes to harm the government. Iran is a perfect example, as a sovereign state they have all rights to build a nuclear plant. But the morality is questioned which has lead to sanctions. These sanctions hope to undermine the government which does not constitute due to iran not having forfeited it's sovereignty.

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