sovereignty

Proponents of the idea say it would allow the Lebanese state to preserve its sovereignty and build legitimacy by doing the work itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Mexico is investigating whether the United States violated its sovereignty after the FBI this month exhibited the plane used to transport Zambada.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

In the past, long queues formed at the border as documents were checked, particularly during periods of strained relations between Britain and Spain over Gibraltar's sovereignty.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

It is a place that has witnessed military battles, sovereignty disputes and a 13-year blockade imposed by Spain.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

There’s a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain, a perception of privacy and isolation, even of dominion.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

"Lines on maps started to symbolize the limits of political sovereignties rather than the boundless divine promises. This transformed the way that the Bible's descriptions of geographical space were understood."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025

In “The Economic Consequences of the Peace,” John Maynard Keynes asserted the primacy of economics, observing that “the perils of the future lie not in frontiers and sovereignties but in food, coal and transport.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2015

All the most recent states — South Sudan, East Timor, Eritrea — were carved from existing sovereignties in the wake of bitter civil wars.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2015

The new digital sovereignties have begun to clash with conventional nation-states.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2012

Existing states," he says, "have become impossible as absolutely independent sovereignties.

From Religion and the War by Various