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...Powell, a former Conservative Party Cabinet minister and an authority on constitutional matters, argues that passing blips like the Fergie photographs cannot hurt the enduring power of the crown because Britain "is not governed by something called the royal family. It is governed by the single person of the sovereign...
...unable to intervene in African and Asian bloodbaths was the sanctity-of-boundaries standard that Third World members held dear. Idi Amin's Uganda, Pol Pot's Cambodia and other killing fields piled up bones unchecked in large part because the carnage was performed within sovereign borders. Many developing countries were disturbed by these atrocities, but they remained loath to compromise the U.N. Charter's criterion for use of outside force; the days of "intervention" by Western colonial empires were too recent. Beyond that, some U.N. members did not bear much scrutiny when it came to internal violence. While condemning...
...from the rest of Spain -- comes through loud and clear in the oath of allegiance their leaders swore to the Aragonese kings in the 15th century: "We, who are as good as you, swear to you, who are no better than us, to accept you as our king and sovereign lord, provided that you observe all our liberties and laws -- but if not, not." Catalans have always waxed lyrical over their medieval defiance of kingship and railed against "centralism" -- rule by Madrid. Their political history is one long rebuke to the dominant ideology of Europe: that of the nation-state...
...agreement on autonomy ought to be reasonably easy to reach. While Shamir's government did little to narrow the gap between its modest notions of self-rule and the demands by the Palestinians for a virtually sovereign state, Rabin suggests he will offer a relatively generous deal, giving the Palestinians control over everything but security, foreign affairs, borders and Jewish settlements. The danger is that the Palestinians, flushed with hope, will demand still more. But with Washington in full accord, Rabin could well fulfill his campaign promise to strike a deal within a year...
...Ukraine and the rest of the Commonwealth. Critics argue that by insulating Ukraine from Russia, Kravchuk is trying to avoid the kind of radical market reforms demanded by international lending organizations. Kiev counters by arguing that economic subordination to Russia is a drag on Ukraine's development as a sovereign state...