Bulletin n. 1/2007 | ||
June 2007 | ||
Coppieters Bruno |
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The International Security Involvement of Federated States. Comparing Massachusetts, Illinois and Flanders | ||
in International Spectator (The) , Vol. XLII, n. 2, April-June , 2007 | ||
Application of the federal principle of shared sovereignty to external security policies directed against foreign states can easily give rise to a situation in which the federation ceases to be an indivisible subject in an international setting. This can in turn lead to conflicts between the two levels. A comparison of three instances of sanctions adopted by federated states - the sanction policies of Massachusetts in support of the democratisation of Myanmar/Burma (1996-2000), the divestment policies of Illinois in opposition to the governmental policies of Sudan (2006- ), and the participation by Flanders in Belgian and European sanctions in protest against the Freedom Party's participation in the Austrian government (2000) - confirms this thesis. | ||