Re-envisioning sovereignty and nationhood in the contemporary international context

对任何国家来说，没有什么问题比其国家性质更重要。国家一直是国际关系中的主要行动者。但是，国家主权的传统观念正受到人权和难民问题以及管理传染病、环境退化、恐怖主义和国际犯罪所需的控制的挑战。澳大利亚积极参与有时支持有时破坏主权的干预、结盟和订立条约。该项目将通过建立一种新的跨学科主权模式来协助澳大利亚与世界打交道，这种模式将解决概念上的混淆，并协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.