Since Dr. Roger Luncheon invoked political sovereignty in response to the United States’ refusal to discontinue the leadership and democracy project, I began to pay a keener interest to this concept and my observations should be of interest, particularly as we celebrate our Republican status.
The claim to political sovereignty – supreme power or authority over a geographic area and its people – is widespread in the international community but usually comes from highly questionable and/or frustrated political leaders and activists, either as a defence against questioned policies or in facilitation of some preferred goal. As I write, Russia is making it in favour of the Ukrainian government (the leader of which has now taken to his heels)