ABSTRACT
Chapter 4 exposes an often-overlooked condition shared by both sovereignty and cosmopolitanism: there are several different agents and players. Therefore, to argue that a particular agent or player is the main (and at times, sole) subject to be considered in, for example, territorial disputes, pandemics or trafficking of any kind, is mistaken. Any comprehensive analysis of the relationship between sovereignty and cosmopolitanism should therefore consider the individuality of agents as individuals, as communities and as single states. In a comprehensive study, these views, although central and relevant, should not exclude other agents and players in any given examination. Analogous to a board-game, sovereignty and cosmopolitanism include different agents playing different roles, which this chapter classifies into hosts, participants, attendees and viewers.
