Sovereignty: The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Men

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H. Kalmo and Q. Skinner, Sovereignty in Fragments: The Past, Present, and Future of a Contested Concept (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014)

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Another valuable element of the collection is the repeated demonstration that the mining of Indigenous data by non-Indigenous nations is just the most recent example of colonial powers extracting resources from Indigenous People, communities, and nations. Making this connection helps detach the common misperception that data merely demonstrate objective facts and establishes that at best the current social construction of data prioritizes the needs of dominant society at the expense of Indigenous People.' In an era where almost universally masculinity reflexively gets bemoaned as inherently toxic, Ryan refreshingly encourages men to be men. In doing so, Ryan fills his niche in an ever-crowding self-help space very genuinely. Ryan comes across not as a learned scholar (a la Jordan Peterson in 12 Rules for Life) or some hollow ideologue/influencer (we all know them for their trademark loquaciousness without any citations or credibility) but as that slightly more motivated peer we all know, which makes Ryan all the more relatable and his challenges seem attainable. Ryan is "the man in the arena" (as Teddy Roosevelt would say), authoring his own life on his own terms, all while trying to uplift those around him. The Wikipedia defines sovereignty as "a state or a governing body [that] has the full right and power to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies" [2]. Secondly, material and economic interdependence between States has meant increased institutional cooperation at a transnational, international, and supranational level, and the creation of corresponding IOs. The delegation of sovereign competences to IOs is compatible with the sovereignty of Member States and does not turn IOs into sovereign States (see Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations [Advisory Opinion]).J. Sheehan, 'The Problem of Sovereignty in European History', The American Historical Review 111(2006), 1-15 Sovereignty - General Principles', Alessandro-Pelizzon, nationalunitygovernment.org/pdf/Sovereignty-Guidelines-Alessandro-Pelizzon.pdf, retrieved 1/12/2016 True sovereignty also means that you have full ownership of your issues. It will be interesting to see what vocal Aboriginal activists have to say once First Nations peoples manage themselves the huge challenges they are facing today. Aboriginal definition

The Sovereign Isle by Robert Tombs review – is this the best

I'm a follower of Ryan's on social media. I really appreciate the work he does and what he brings to the table. This book did initiate change in me, but it took me a considerable amount of time to read because, to be frank, it's dull at times. Is it any wonder that men, in general, seem to have lost their way? You don’t have to look very far to recognize that men don’t seem to possess the same amount of vigor and purpose they once did. Take one sobering statistic—the rate of suicide in men—and you begin to see how damaging the effects of the voluntary subjugation of men to their families, their businesses, and their governments can be. I love the message and the principles that this book stand for. I love its teachings and straightforward manner of relaying messages. I love that Ryan Michler is unashamed to plant his flag and declare his message to the world. Sovereignty in the sense of contemporary public international law denotes the basic international legal status of a state that is not subject, within its territorial jurisdiction, to the governmental, executive, legislative, or judicial jurisdiction of a foreign state or to foreign law other than public international law." [1]

Sovereignty should be situated at the boundary between politics and law, rather than being clearly embedded in one or the other. This interpretation of the relationship between political and legal sovereignty solves a long-standing paradox in international law or at least makes the most of it.