The end of Westphalia? Re-envisioning Sovereignty

这个初步项目旨在对国家主权进行系统的重新评估。在此过程中，我们试图重新定义主权的含义，根据各种历史条件，主权的含义是如何随着时间的推移而变化的，以及在国家权威受到一系列新参与者日益挑战的时代，主权对传统威斯特伐利亚观念的影响。然后，更广泛的项目将以主权演变的新可能性为基础，首先对现有的法律和政治机构提出必要的改革建议，其次为各国提供切实可行的政策建议。

This initial project aims to undertake a systematic re-evaluation of state sovereignty. In doing so, we seek to reconceptualise the meaning of sovereignty, how that meaning has changed over time according to a variety of historical conditions, and the implications of this for traditional Westphalian conceptions during a time when state authority is increasingly challenged by an array of new actors. The broader project will then build on the new possibilities for the evolution of sovereignty, first by suggesting necessary changes to existing legal and political institutions, and secondly by offering practical policy recommendations for states.