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RECERCAT author Sanjaume Calvet, Marc author Daniels, Lesley-Ann 2024-09-19T10:40:56Z2024-09-19T10:40:56Z20242024-09-19T10:40:56Z Does the Russian war in Ukraine presage a change in the rules of the game for secessionisms around the globe? In this article, we explore how the Russian war in Ukraine and the contested international order from which it emerges can affect state contestation and secessionist movements through changing opportunities in the international order. International recognition plays a crucial role in state creation. The Great Powers of a given historical moment have the capacity to raise sovereignty expectations since having "friends in high places" has been essential to obtaining statehood, alongside de facto control of the territory. However, the liberal international order in place since 1945 has given way to a more contested landscape that opens new opportunities for different recognition patterns, which change how secessionists evaluate their optimal strategy for state contestation. The effects have already been notable in conflicts such as Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Kosovo, and many other territorial disputes, even "frozen conflicts" over the globe, from Western Sahara to Taiwan. We explore how Russia has created and exploited secessionist claims in eastern Ukraine to justify military aims in the Russian war in Ukraine. Based on a detailed review of the evolution of these claims, we draw different scenarios on the potential effects of a changing world order on state contestation. Our research suggests that the theoretical understanding of secession and secessionists' optimal strategies need to be reviewed, taking into account the changing contested international order.Lesley-Ann Daniels acknowledges financial support from the European Commission through grant H2020-MSCA-IF-2020.101027912.MICROPOLPAX. © The Author(s) (2024). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Separatisme Invasió russa d'Ucraïna, 2022- Autonomia i moviments independentistes Ucraïna -- Història -- Autonomia i moviments independentistes An inflection point or business as usual? Secessionism as state contestation in Ukraine info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion