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1 The State

2 States Defined Pre- WWII, earned Post-WWII, granted
¾ size The Mall in Washington D.C. Defined Sovereignty Req. diplomatic recognition Territory Microstates Population Resources Pre- WWII, earned Post-WWII, granted GS ≠ self-sufficient

3 Central African Republic
Population Who is a ‘state’? Generic sovereign unit Most have 2+ nations or lack single ethnic identity ~85% of world Can cause problems, esp. for GS Lack unity Some fail ‘failed states’ Central African Republic Baya 33% Banda 27% Mandjia 13% Sara 10% Mboum 7% M’Baka, Yakoma 4% each Failed States ex. Somalia South Sudan Sudan DR Congo CAR Libya

4 Population (cont.) Nation Nation-state
Country Arab Berber Moroccan Morocco Russian Chechnyan Turkic Caucasian Russia Chinese Malay Indian Singapore *4 official languages Canadian Indigenous Quebecois Canada Thai Thailand Japanese Japan Somali Somalia Nation Culturally and historically similar Feel a communal bond Want recognition Possible self-governance Nation-state Specific term Very few of these ~15% of world Wanna-Be States Taiwanese Palestinians Kurds Catalonians Basques

5 United Nations (1945) About the UN video UN General Assembly
Self-determination UN General Assembly UN Security Council P = 15 UN agencies Tackle transnational problems António Guterres

6 Advantages of UN Membership
Diplomatic recognition Aid Trade Security Collective security Peacekeeping Neutral Peacemaking Armed troops Peacebuilding Rebuild I800 C monitors

7 Challenges: Transnational Issues
State has final say Self-interested actor Re: transnational issues Form IGOs Pressure to follow int’l rules GN, EEs more leverage Not addressing = problems

8 Sovereignty v. Space Junk
What is space junk?

9 Sovereignty v. Space Junk
Why is space junk a transnational issue? Sovereign states, businesses involved Debris Int’l Space Station, space travel Security against anti-satellite weapons Need IL

10 Sovereignty v. Space Junk
How does state sovereignty affect addressing the issue of space junk? As transnat’l issue, need cooperation Self-interested actors Agree on IL? Who pays? Who enforces? Consequences Military usage/threats Claim sovereign ownership

11 The State Recap Transnat’l issues Need to cooperate Space junk
States are sovereign UN Security Membership Challenges State v. nation v. nation-state Internal org. Transnat’l issues Need to cooperate Space junk

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