Even though the default
absolutist notion of national sovereignty has consistently undercut global
efforts to combat climate change and rid the world of nuclear weapons and even
war itself, to disregard territorial sovereignty altogether is also
problematic. Interestingly, both extremes treat international relations as a
Hobbesian state of nature, and disregarding national sovereignty even extends
the state of nature to within a country such that even national government is
presumed not to exist. Illegal immigration is a case in point. When sixty
thousand North Africans illegally entered Ceuta in the E.U. on July 30, 2026,
the utter disrespect for the rule of law as well as the E.U.’s territorial
integrity and legitimacy was palpable.
The full essay is at "Chaos in Massive Illegal Crossings into the E.U."
