Relationships are characterized by disputes. Peace must be maintained daily. There must be unanimity. Anyone can pick up his marbles and go home. In effect each nation has a veto.
Sovereignty means that the global system is based on a requirement for unanimous consensus.
That's why what we teach and do is so important. A recent recipient of the University's SNC Endowed Professorship, Grieb has long been closely associated with the University's Model United Nations team and the interdisciplinary International Studies program. His scholarship was recognized with a John McN Rosebush Professorship in 1983. Earlier he was one of four scholars selected nationwide to take part in a U.S. State Department policy review concerning Central and Latin America. Grieb's fourth book was a 600-page reference on the scholarship of central America.