Challenges to sovereignty and territorial integrity

• contested territory which is where soverignty of land sea and people is challenged by another state
• Separatism is where there are claims for secession by national groups
• Disputed boundaries are where rights over natural resources and expiration are contested
• Legacy of colonialism where arbitrary boundaries drawn in the past have caused ethbic partition
• Political dominance of ethnic groups is where a state contains multiple ethnic groups and borders do not reflect this leading to conflict
• Transnational corporations can erode sovereignty as their economic influence means governments lose control as well as corruption banana republics and the amount of Data they have
• Supranational institutions represent tiers of governments above states and take sovereignty