Islands, the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. sovereignty includes the airspace over its land and territorial waters. No international...

United States Proposals for a 51st state Territorial evolution of the United States U.S. territorial sovereignty Compact of Free Association The original...

territories differ from the U.S. states and Indian reservations as they are not sovereign entities. In contrast, each state has a sovereignty separate from that...

Canada's Arctic claims (1952) Manuscript at Dartmouth College Library Territorial sovereignty in the Arctic (1947) Manuscript at Dartmouth College Library...

Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.[additional citation(s) needed] Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external...

Syrian government rejected the U.S. statement, describing it as a "blatant attack" on Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The recognition continued...

geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal...

The Hawaiian sovereignty movement (Hawaiian: ke ea Hawaiʻi) is a grassroots political and cultural campaign to reestablish an autonomous or independent...

The sovereignty of the Philippines refers to the status of the Philippines as an independent nation. This article covers sovereignty transitions relating...

below), are today often summarized in three principles of U.S. Indian law: Territorial sovereignty: Tribal authority on Indian land is organic and is not...

2015. Retrieved January 6, 2016. New Mexico v. Texas, 275 U.S. 279 (1927) 47 Stat. 145 48 U.S.C. § 731a: Change of name; Puerto Rico 47 Stat. 2198 Shih...

Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) is disputed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. The British claim to sovereignty dates...

term was also used by the Philippines during most of its period under U.S. sovereignty, when it was officially called the Commonwealth of the Philippines...

tidelands.) Maritime controversies involve two dimensions: (a) territorial sovereignty, which are a legacy of history; and (b) relevant jurisdictional...

Justice (ICJ) upheld Colombia's sovereignty over the bank, although the judgment does not analyze or mention the U.S. claim over the reef. Serranilla...

Columbia. This includes fourteen U.S. territories administered under U.S. sovereignty, as well as three sovereign states each with a Compact of Free Association...

proposed act of congress that would have clarified U.S. policy to support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a democratic Ukraine, and in condemning...

border. In the agreement, China affirmed its respect for Bhutan's sovereignty and territorial integrity and both sides sought to build ties based on the Five...

areas, populations, densities and more (alphabetical) State and Territorial Governments on USA.gov StateMaster – statistical database for U.S. states...

these waters and resources. The tribunal cannot rule on matters of territorial sovereignty, however. Over 20 governments have called for the ruling to be...

the English pirate John Glover in 1660. The reef is now subject to a sovereignty dispute involving Colombia and the United States. On 19 November 2012...

by the state legislature, but was present on the territorial seal. "History of 'In God we Trust'". U.S. Treasury. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28...

like the US, champions navigation freedom in the South China Sea, but opposes any country’s attempt to challenge China’s territorial sovereignty ... under...

presence there. In 1908, the British government extended its territorial claim by declaring sovereignty over "South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands...

exercise permanent sovereignty within the limits of their territorial jurisdictions is widely recognized. In political science, sovereignty is usually defined...

valid control of Japan. They also state "there exists no issue of territorial sovereignty to be resolved concerning the Senkaku Islands." The following points...

since 1925. New Zealand, of which Tokelau is a dependency, recognized U.S. sovereignty in a 1980 treaty. The uninhabited island was claimed for Tokelau in...

system, also known as Westphalian sovereignty, is a principle in international law that each state has exclusive sovereignty over its territory. The principle...

the question and does not support or oppose sovereignty. Currently, the one minority provincial/territorial government is held by the Liberals in Yukon...

role in the territorial evolution of the U.S., including the American Civil War. The National Security Act of 1947 created the modern U.S. military framework...