Florence Mbithe Ngei (626458)Sarooshi D. (2005). International organizations and their exercise of sovereign powers. New York: Oxford University Press Inc. Introduction “International organizations and their exercise of sovereign powers” ​​(Sarooshi 2005), shows how international organizations are capable of exercising sovereign powers within states. The work aims to provide a conceptual and legal analysis of the exercise of sovereign powers by international organizations. The sovereign powers exercised by international organizations have been conferred on them by States. Some of the ways in which a state can confer its powers on an organization are delegation of powers, transfer of powers and cases of agency relationships (p.1). The book also offers an exploration of the circumstances in which the organization's exercise of power is most likely to be challenged by domestic actors. Theoretical premise The book adopted a Western liberal tradition, although the author acknowledges the realist tradition on the importance of state sovereignty (p.9). According to the Western liberal tradition, the range of actors has expanded, as have values ​​such as legitimacy, autonomy, self-determination, freedom, responsibility, security and equality. He emphasizes that values ​​give sovereignty a normative character that can be used to evaluate a state of affairs within a society or an international organization. According to Western liberals, for an organization to be considered exercising sovereign power, it must ensure that it is consistent with sovereign values. This means that he adopted the sovereign values ​​and put them into practice.Central ThesisThe main conceptual problem that the author seeks to address is what is the middle of paper ......responsible for the functioning of the 'organization ; they also develop rules and regulations that apply to all member states. Therefore, if international organizations become sovereign bodies, will states lose the power to be sovereign and will their influence over the organization be valid and enforceable? These are some of the issues that the author has not clarified or addressed, although they are important concerns. Finally, the author does not provide a mechanism for determining the degree of sovereignty held by different organizations. This will help to know the power of an organization, and therefore the influence it exerts on other states as well as international organizations. Furthermore, different states have different approaches to sovereignty values ​​and the ability and legitimacy of an international organization to exercise sovereign powers becomes problematic...