The Belligerent Bear: Russia, Status Orders, and War

IF 4.8 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International Security Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1162/isec_a_00458

Pål Røren

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract 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. The analysis shows that war generated different status effects on Russia's status within each of these clubs. Contrary to popular belief, and amid widespread condemnation, Russia was increasingly recognized as a great power within U.S. public discourse. In contrast, Russia's belligerence diminished its status within the G-8 and had little effect on its status in the UN Security Council. The findings underline the importance of context in estimating status effects of participating in wars and any other behavior that might impact a state's standing in world politics.

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好战的熊:俄罗斯，地位秩序和战争

国家是否从战争中获得更高的社会地位?战争的威望取决于它所解释的“地位秩序”的类型。在世界政治的社会俱乐部中，地位秩序为地位的追求和承认提供了条件和条件。根据地位顺序，社交俱乐部可能会重视好斗，也可能会贬低好斗。2014年俄罗斯吞并克里米亚并入侵乌克兰东部后，一项分析比较了俄罗斯在三个社会俱乐部(大国俱乐部、八国集团和联合国安理会)中获得的地位认可，探讨了这一假设。分析表明，战争对俄罗斯在这些俱乐部中的地位产生了不同的影响。与普遍的看法相反，在广泛的谴责中，俄罗斯在美国公众话语中越来越被视为一个大国。相比之下，俄罗斯的好战行为削弱了其在八国集团中的地位，对其在联合国安理会的地位几乎没有影响。研究结果强调了在评估参与战争和任何其他可能影响一个国家在世界政治中的地位的行为的地位效应时，背景的重要性。

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International Security Social Sciences-Law

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

10.00%

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