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<p>This article theorises parallel membership—the simultaneous admission of rival claimants to a universal organisation—as a mechanism for managing, rather than resolving, divided sovereignties. Examining the dual UN accessions of the two German states (1973) and the two Koreas (1991), it shows that admission depended less on legal universality than on contingent great-power bargains and procedural flexibility. In both cases, parallel membership functioned as a geopolitical compromise that neutralised competing representation claims while leaving sovereignty disputes unresolved. Its broader applicability remains limited: in today’s fragmented multipolar order, entrenched vetoes and absolute claims make parallel membership less a transferable model than a diagnostic of when international society can adapt to contested statehood.</p>

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Managing divided sovereignties: parallel membership in international society

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    2026年8月4日

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  • Muhamet Brajshori

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This article theorises parallel membership—the simultaneous admission of rival claimants to a universal organisation—as a mechanism for managing, rather than resolving, divided sovereignties. Examining the dual UN accessions of the two German states (1973) and the two Koreas (1991), it shows that admission depended less on legal universality than on contingent great-power bargains and procedural flexibility. In both cases, parallel membership functioned as a geopolitical compromise that neutralised competing representation claims while leaving sovereignty disputes unresolved. Its broader applicability remains limited: in today’s fragmented multipolar order, entrenched vetoes and absolute claims make parallel membership less a transferable model than a diagnostic of when international society can adapt to contested statehood.