The New Sovereignty in the International System Westphalian sovereignty as defined in the classical system This model can no longer persist in the international system due to changes in international relations. Today, anarchic states are linked to each other. Any movement of one of them is felt by all the others. Therefore, Westphalian sovereignty as described by the classical model is obsolete and needs to be improved in order to be effective in the international system. According to the classical model, sovereignty is defined as “the existence of a supreme authority over a certain territory, and each state is independent, without any authority superior and equal to that of all other sovereign states. » The mutual dependence of anarchic states does not support the classic definition of the Westphalian notion of sovereignty. States were influenced by changes in international relations. Classical realists, who inherited the system of European states, stated that sovereignty is understood as a practical issue that arose in and around the Treaty of Westphalia (1648), which ended thirty years of war, and denoted the existence of a supreme authority over a certain territory. As we have seen, the key idea is that sovereignty requires a unique political hierarchy. Externally, sovereignty implies that each state is independent, with no authority higher than the state, and that each state is formally equal to all other sovereign states. From this perspective, sovereignty is clearly an absolute means of their sovereignty, in order to obtain certain advantages and to prevent strong states from coercing weaker states. We have demonstrated how treaties, agreements, coercion and imposition, as well as specific cases influenced the global system, and that the deviations set out in Westphalian sovereignty according to Lake, aggregated external restrictions. These external restrictions constituted hierarchical authority that was not coercive. Some conflicts could be resolved based on this implicit hierarchical authority that already existed in international relations. However, a new sovereignty incorporating explicitly hierarchical authority relations would improve the international system. This new sovereignty could therefore contribute to the creation of many original forms of institutions, and build a more stable and peaceful international system...

Essay / The New Sovereignty in the International System Westphalian sovereignty as defined in the classical system This model can no longer persist in the international system due to changes in international relations. Today, anarchic states are linked to each other. Any movement of one of them is felt by all the others. Therefore, Westphalian sovereignty as described by the classical model is obsolete and needs to be improved in order to be effective in the international system. According to the classical model, sovereignty is defined as “the existence of a supreme authority over a certain territory, and each state is independent, without any authority superior and equal to that of all other sovereign states. » The mutual dependence of anarchic states does not support the classic definition of the Westphalian notion of sovereignty. States were influenced by changes in international relations. Classical realists, who inherited the system of European states, stated that sovereignty is understood as a practical issue that arose in and around the Treaty of Westphalia (1648), which ended thirty years of war, and denoted the existence of a supreme authority over a certain territory. As we have seen, the key idea is that sovereignty requires a unique political hierarchy. Externally, sovereignty implies that each state is independent, with no authority higher than the state, and that each state is formally equal to all other sovereign states. From this perspective, sovereignty is clearly an absolute means of their sovereignty, in order to obtain certain advantages and to prevent strong states from coercing weaker states. We have demonstrated how treaties, agreements, coercion and imposition, as well as specific cases influenced the global system, and that the deviations set out in Westphalian sovereignty according to Lake, aggregated external restrictions. These external restrictions constituted hierarchical authority that was not coercive. Some conflicts could be resolved based on this implicit hierarchical authority that already existed in international relations. However, a new sovereignty incorporating explicitly hierarchical authority relations would improve the international system. This new sovereignty could therefore contribute to the creation of many original forms of institutions, and build a more stable and peaceful international system...

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