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International hierarchies as taboo: Russia's attitude to sovereignty

... differential being their material capabilities. The formal-legal approach to sovereignty doesn’t allow an authority higher than a nation state. Hence, the distinction between domestic and international: only within a state are the patterns of hierarchy – defined as relationship of dominance and subordination – possible. Since the main objective of each state is survival with sovereignty being its basic condition, loosing control over one’s sovereignty is deemed irrational ...