The Impact of Globalization on State Sovereignty
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https://doi.org/10.52340/splogos.2026.01.18Keywords:
globalization, state, sovereignty, international relations, transformationAbstract
This article examines the impact of globalization on the transformation of state sovereignty in the contemporary international system. The study critically reassesses the classical Westphalian understanding of sovereignty and demonstrates how its content is reshaped under conditions of economic integration, the strengthening of international institutions, the growing influence of transnational actors, and digital transformation. The research explores the main dimensions of sovereignty, internal and external, legal, political, economic, and technological, and highlights their interdependence. Particular attention is paid to the constraints on economic sovereignty arising from global financial markets and the policy conditionality imposed by international institutions, as well as to the increasing significance of technological and informational sovereignty in the twenty-first century. The article analyzes the European Union as a model of shared sovereignty, the role of the International Monetary Fund in limiting national economic policy autonomy, and China’s approach to strengthening digital sovereignty. The study concludes that contemporary states operate within a regime of hybrid sovereignty, where formal legal autonomy often diverges from the actual distribution of power. It argues that the viability of sovereignty in the age of globalization depends not on isolation, but on its adaptive, multidimensional, and integrative transformation.
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