September 11th and the Single European Sky-Developing Concepts of Airspace Soverignty

摘要

The traditional concept of sovereignty, the power of states to regulate their internal affairs without foreign interference, has been evolving for centuries. Change has, at times, been extremely slow-at other times, rapid. As technology and economic development have exponentially increased in the twentieth century, so have strains on the traditional ideas of sovereignty. Prior to the advent of air power, the conceptualization of sovereignty was primarily land and sea based. This conception had become somewhat entrenched with little incentive for change. With the development of aerospace technologies, a catalyst formed that speeded up development of modern concepts of airspace sovereignty. These developments coincided with general changes in conceptions of sovereignty changes that are accelerating as the global environment rapidly develops.