🎓 New article on (open) borders and sovereignty by Daniel Mendiola: "Borders, Migration and Asilo Sagrado: How Early Central American Nations Used Open Borders to Reinforce Sovereignty" doi.org/10.1017/S002...
🌏 The Economist asking some interesting questions about Chagos deal. Basically what do the Chagossians want? That said, the end of the article makes it sound like that's not the primary interest of the author, but the status of Diego Garcia. www.economist.com/leaders/2024...
🎓 New book coming: "Staging Sovereignty; Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy" by Arthur Bradley. "To become sovereign, one must be seen as sovereign. ... In this sense, sovereignty is a theatrical phenomenon from the very beginning." @columbiaup.bsky.social
Very excited that my chapter on Sudan's constitution is out as part of a fantastic edited vol on post-colonial constitutions in Africa by Nicodemus Fru Awasom & Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini, which includes many other interesting chapters. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This book provides an overview of the making and development of Africa’s independence constitutions as a whole and from a historical perspective.
I have a feeling that no one got the Leviathan reference... 😅
💭 Sovereignty thought of the day... "If you think you understand it, it has not been properly explained to you." [credit for the sentence goes to John Cerone, who was however not writing about sovereignty...]
🎓 New article on the sovereignty of future generations by Caroline E. Foster — a point which we also explore in the conclusion of the book. doi.org/10.1017/S204...
🎓 New article on stamps as symbols of sovereignty of Katanga, Biafra and Rhodesia by Gary Baines. Fascinating article with some great pictures! shs.cairn.info/revue-mondes...
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"13 people, mostly Kanaks, and including two police officers, have been killed... ...the National Council of Chiefs of the Kanak people was to meet on... Maré island and was expected to unilaterally announce a declaration of sovereignty.' www.theguardian.com/world/2024/s...
Police stationed across territory and curfews tightened over concern of new outbreaks of violence after months of deadly unrest
"There are 196 parties to the CBD .. except the US and the Holy See. (Republican lawmakers have blocked the US from joining the CBD, citing concerns over “American sovereignty” and “financial burdens”.)" www.carbonbrief.org/cop16-tracki...
At the COP15 biodiversity summit, nearly every country in the world committed to a new global agreement to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by 2030