1. The Decline of National Sovereignties
... within their own territories seems to imply that others should not attempt to take parts of their territories away. "Non-interference in the internal affairs of another nation characterizes the 'balance of power' in the international system " (Kaplan, p. 697). In practice, however, the norm of non-intervention was applied only to the great nations. Minor nations need not be ... abandoning the basic principle of non-intervention in "legitimate" (with definitions of legitimacy shifting in the political winds of the time) sovereign states, crafted a broadening list of special exceptions. The...
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