The belligerent bear: Russia, status orders and war/
Pal Roren
- 2023
Do states get higher social status from fighting? The prestige of war depends on the type of "status order" that it is interpreted in. Status orders condition and enable the pursuit and recognition of status within social clubs of world politics. Depending on the status order, social clubs may either value or stigmatize belligerence. An analysis comparing the status recognition that Russia received in three social clubs (the great power club, the G-8, and the UN Security Council) after it annexed Crimea and invaded eastern Ukraine in 2014 explores this assumption.