For 350 years, sovereignty – the notion that states are the central actors on the world stage and that governments are essentially free to do what they want within their own territory but not within the territory of other states – has provided the organizing principle of international relations. The time has come to rethink this notion.
350年来，主权¾也就是国家是世界舞台上的核心演员，政府可以自由地在本国境内为所欲为，而在其它国家的领土上则没有随意行事的权力¾构成了国际关系的组织原则。而现在到了重新思考这一观点正确与否的时候了。