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Have We Created a Myth of ‘Territorial Integrity’?

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Have We Created a Myth of ‘Territorial Integrity’?
The United Nations building in New York City on the first official day of the 75th General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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Can the “territorial integrity” of a nation-state be long sustained without the integrity of the society and its leaders? And is integrity sufficiently tangible as a quality that it can induce others to see it, respect it, accord it prestige, and bend to it?

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
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