... be theirs. While concluding that status inconsistency is a useful tool for explaining Russian foreign policy behavior, the article notes that differing assessments of what Russia’s level of status recognition is pose challenges for status inconsistency theory. © 2014 The Regents of the University...

...Jozef Bátora This article argues that there is a difference in what constitutes the sources of recognition prior to countries’ membership in the Euro-Atlantic community represented by NATO and after countries become its members. While prior to membership, countries are recognized...