Sentence examples for recognized territory from inspiring English sources

And that is the best definition of sovereignty in a world where borders are increasingly porous: a nation is sovereign when it controls its internationally recognized territory and independently governs its own political affairs and international relations.

The Abkhaz and Georgians fought a short, bitter war in the 1990s after the Soviet Union collapsed, which ended with the Abkhaz in control of a corner of Georgia's internationally recognized territory.

Let's be clear: Arizona was not even a recognized territory during the brief Confederate occupation of southern Arizona in 1862, below the thirty-fourth parallel, which was nothing less than an illegal act of treason by a handful of carpetbaggers, land speculators, transients, mercenaries and fugitives.

It showcases her growth as an artist and songwriter while also recognizing territory she has yet to fully explore.

Along the way, Puig interviews traveling salesmen and residents, and recognizes territories that seem to have disappeared off the map completely, having lost political and economic significance once the trains, which were their main generators of economic activity and means of transportation, no longer passed through town.

Multiple specific receptors help amphibians extract information from both aquatic and terrestrial environments, which helps them to find food, identify mates and offspring, recognize territories and avoid danger.

After driving out Georgian forces, Russia recognized the territory's independence, provoking strong condemnation from the West.

Now that Russia has recognized the territory as a sovereign nation, authorities hope ethnic Abkhaz will return from the places they fled to in the 19th century, in part to escape the expanding Russian empire.

In fact, the plan's key site isn't on U.S. soil at all, it's on land that's a part of the Treaty-recognized territory of Western Shoshone.

After routing Georgia in the war, Russia recognized both territories as independent.

Russia recognized the territories as sovereign nations and urged other governments to follow suit, though so far only Nicaragua has done so.