Re-envisioning sovereignty and nationhood in the contemporary international context

对任何一个国家来说，几乎没有什么问题比它的国家性质更重要。国家一直是国际关系中的主要行为者。但是，传统的国家主权概念正受到人权和难民问题以及控制传染病、环境退化、恐怖主义和国际犯罪所需控制的挑战。澳大利亚积极参与有时支持、有时损害主权的干预、联盟和条约制定。该项目将通过建立一种新的跨学科主权模式来帮助澳大利亚与世界打交道，以解决概念上的混乱，并帮助我们处理我们面临的国际问题。

There are few issues more important to any nation than the nature of its nationhood. States have been the principal actors in international relations. But traditional notions of state sovereignty are under challenge by human rights and refugee issues and from the controls needed to manage communicable diseases, environmental degradation, terrorism, and international crime. Australia actively participates in interventions, alliances and treaty making that sometimes support and sometimes undermine sovereignty. This project will assist Australia in its dealings with the world by building a new interdisciplinary model of sovereignty that resolves conceptual confusions and assists us in dealing with the international problems that we face.