While the game of deadlocks and bottle-necks goes on, another more serious game is also being played. It is governed by two axioms. One is that there can be no peace without a general surrender of sovereignty: the other is that no country capable of defending its sovereignty ever surrenders it. If one keeps these axioms in mind one can generally see the relevant facts in international affairs through the smoke-screen with which the newspapers surround them.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- International peace is blocked by the paradox of sovereignty.
- In plain terms
- Peace needs surrender of control but nations keep it.
- What can you take from it?
- Sovereignty conflicts block peace.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can sovereignty change?
- How is peace made?
Another view
It oversimplifies complex diplomatic negotiations.
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