DAVID AND GOLIATH: SOVEREIGNTY VERSUS INTERNATIONALIZATION
DAVID AND GOLIATH: SOVEREIGNTY VERSUS INTERNATIONALIZATION

Author(s): Teodor Frunzeti, Lisa-Maria Achimescu
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: sovereignty; internationalization; fragmentation; sovereign state.;
Summary/Abstract: The world that we’ve known thus far is that of a fundamentally unchallenged sovereignty of state actors for more than three centuries, since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Unfortunately, the concept of states as a self- governing, independent entities yields under the combined pressure of monetary unions, the internet, global television, social media, governmental and non-governmental organizations. In this article, we propose to examine the effect of internationalization on the concept of sovereignty of states and how nation states have metamorphosed and adapted to the challenges of internationalization, the fragmentation of international law and the ever changing balance of power. Nowadays international multilateral institutions such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and the International Monetary Fund overstep their boundaries by advocating for universal standards, which can become perilous for the scope of state authority. It is our aim to analyze just how much internationalization has affected state sovereignty and to what extent is the classical concept of sovereign state still a valid landmark in international law.

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