An ambivalent attitude toward the sovereignty of nation-states has always been inherent in the groundwork of the liberal international order. The order's very basis is the recognition of the sovereign rights of nation-states that are all assumed to be equal. On the other hand, once a nation-state violates liberal principles on its own soil, the question is: where does the duty to intervene in the internal affairs of such a country begin? Or, does such an obligation even exist at all?
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