Failed state, a state that is unable to perform the two fundamental functions of the sovereign nation-state in the modern world system: it cannot project authority over its territory and peoples, and it cannot protect its national boundaries.
Surrounded by a wall and a moat, the building is decorated with sculptures portraying Suryavarman as Vishnu; he is shown reviewing his troops, holding audiences, and performing other functions of a sovereign.
Within these rival historical narratives, the role of sovereign history was inverted and fragmented.
The fundamental, irreducible function of a sovereign government is to ensure the security of its people.
Kosovo, in practice with all the functions of the constituent and sovereign country, is still not recognised by the United Nations and therefore cannot be a member of Uefa or Fifa.
That's precisely what Jefferson was aiming for as he appealed for "guidance and support" from the "many charged with the sovereign functions of legislation".
Utterly, indeed, should I despair did not the presence of many whom I here see... who are charged with the sovereign functions of legislation, and to those associated with you, I look with encouragement for that guidance and support which may enable us to steer with safety the vessel in which we are all embarked amidst the conflicting elements of a troubled world.
A fix will require fundamental changes in the functioning of the bloc, with more interference in the workings of sovereign states.
Although the landmass of the country's breakaway territories is a fraction of the total size of sovereign Ukraine, Moscow has transformed the rebels' ramshackle administrations into regimes that have the semblance of functioning governments.
