sovereignty and their impact on EU‐China political relations. The paper will be divided into the following parts. The first part … part will look at China's policy on sovereignty and human rights. The fourth part will examine EU-China political relations …This paper will study the differences between the EU and China on the understanding of human rights and national …

theory underlying liberal trade whereas, in comparison in international law the organising principle is the sovereignty of … states. These two concepts are mutually exclusive. In terms of the sovereignty principle, states are meant to follow and … the importance of one’s sovereignty and that the power to be able to make decisions should lie with the sovereign state …

synthesizing empirical and normative modes of inquiry. It examines the transformation of sovereignty exercised by emerging … democracies and shows that - in stark contrast to emerging democracies' foreign policy rhetoric - the "softening" of sovereignty … has become the norm. The present paper assesses this softening of sovereignty on the basis of a "democratic …