1.   It certainly takes us away from the notion of a centre of power claiming alleged sovereignty over supposedly homogeneous territory.

2.   Mauritius claimed sovereignty over the archipelago, now serving United Kingdom and US defence purposes as the British Indian Ocean Territory.

3.   One of the differences is that foreign policy is made in an international environment in which the government cannot claim sovereignty.

4.   Argentina, which continues to claim sovereignty over the islands, has been pressing London to resume Argentine air links with the Falklands for years.

5.   Beijing claims sovereignty over almost all of these waters, including any oil and minerals underneath.

6.   Both countries continue to claim sovereignty over the islands, which Argentina calls Islas Malvinas.

7.   Both nations claim sovereignty.

8.   China has claimed sovereignty over all of the South China Sea, and the Spratly and Paracel islands within it.

9.   China, which claims sovereignty over Taiwan, said the U.S. was interfering in its internal affairs by granting Lee a visa.

10.   For instance, Defense Minister David Collenette last week conceded that Canada is incapable of effectively monitoring the vast far north archipelago over which it claims sovereignty.