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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0555 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Sovereignty · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Krasner argued that sovereignty is organised hypocrisy, a set of long-standing norms that are frequently violated: rulers have usually honoured international legal sovereignty but have treated Westphalian sovereignty, the right to exclude external authority from their territory, far more provisionally.”

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