The Sovereignty Revolution [Hardcover]

The Sovereignty Revolutionis the late Senator Alan Cranston's analysis of the problems created by our current conception of sovereignty, with every nation supreme inside its own borders and acknowledging no master outside them. As such, it is the last testament of a senior statesman with a deep moral commitment to nuclear disarmament.This book is an impassioned argument that these conceptions of sovereignty, and in turn the role of international institutions, must change before humanity can effectively resolve the world's increasingly global challenges, from international terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons to climate change and poverty. Cranston argues that for humanity to survive the twenty-first century, we must adopt a more encompassing understanding of sovereignty, one that acknowledges the primacy of the individual, while emphasizing the importance of strengthening international law and increasing the authority of multilateral institutions, such as the United Nations. The book includes a foreword by Mikhail Gorbachev, an Introduction by Jonathan Schell, and response essays by Jane Goodall and Jonathan Granoff. Alan Cranston's incisive essay covers international problems as wide ranging as nuclear proliferation, terrorism, climate change and genocide. It is his assessment that no nation can solve these problems on its own, rather they have to work through multilateral institutions and international law. This analysisby the former U.S. Senator and world statesmanprovides clarity on problems that have become important after 9/11, and will remain important in our quest for world peace. Alan Cranston's insights are the result of a lifetime of study and passionate struggle for a safer world. He was focused, tenacious, and a champion for human rights. In this final essay, he makes an enormous contribution to current foreign policy debates. ...The Sovereignty Revolutionwill draw some much-needed learning into current public debatel#