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The big powers and their imperialist institutions decide.

[S]ome recognition means the state "enjoys some of the benefits of being a state such as access to the World Bank, the IMF, and the International Olympic Committee." 

"It's essentially impossible for a group to become independent and claim its own statehood unless others, other powerful states, are willing to support it"


The cases of Somaliland, Kosovo, and East Timor

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