Russia, Putin, and the Psychology of Status (Robert Wright & Steven Ward)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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Status Concerns Influence Foreign Policy
Research suggests that these kinds of considerations influence foreign policy. They can prompt states to behave aggressively and reject the sort of foundations of international order very broadly. The argument is that natoe expansion infringed on a sort of sphere of influence that had been russian historically, and that was a signal that russia was not sort of being taken seriously as a great power any more.
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