Power and borders

• State refers to an area of land of an independent country within which there is a politically organised body of people under a single government
• Sovereignty is the absolute authority which independent states excercise in the governance of land and people in their territory
• Global governance is intervention by the global community to regulate issues such as human rights sovereignty and territorial integrity
• A nation is a large group of people with strong bonds United by shared descent language history and culture
• A nation state is a nation which has independent state boundaries that coincide with that of the nation
• Internatiobal law is body of law that governs international relations between states or nations
• Territorial integrity is the territory a state has legitimate and exclusive control over and is enshrined in the charter of the un
• Norms are derived from moral principles customs and behaviours and based on un charter
• Intervention is actions of groups in a foreign territory to end violations of human rights
• treaty is formally concluded ratified agreements between states
• Global commons is the earths shared natural resources