Recognise Me? (with George Kyris)

About this episode

This episode discusses the complexities of sovereignty and state recognition in international relations.

This week's episode is all about sovereignty: some have it, others want it and it provides a level of hypocrisy and intrigue in international affairs that rivals no other topic. Host Adam Quinn is joined by expert George Kyris to talk how states recognise sovereignty in others, how those norms play out in reality and the constraints in recognising all claims to statehood. Between Kosovo's 'success' at obtaining sovereignty to the murkier areas of Palestine, Taiwan and Somaliland, there's plenty to talk about. We discuss it all here. Produced by Conor McKenna in association with the University of Birmingham. You can follow us on Twitter.com/PolWorldView and stay up to date And Like our facebook.com/polworldview Adam Quinn - facebook.com/adamquinn161 Copyright 2026 Music: "Go Cart" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

People in this episode

Host: Adam Quinn

Guest: George Kyris

Topics covered

• sovereignty
• international affairs
• recognition
• statehood
• geopolitics

Keywords

• Kosovo
• Palestine
• Taiwan
• Somaliland
• international norms

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Recognise Me, Go Cart

Places: Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan, Somaliland

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