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Examines the issue of recognition of states that was the topic of a recent roundtable discussion at the Institute for Contemporary International Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Intellectuals, diplomats, institutional leaders, & department heads from all over Russia came together to restore the link between intellectual centers & the country's leaders in order to provide foreign policy with a sounder intellectual foundation. It is pointed out that the recognition of states became especially relevant following declarations of independence by Kosovo, South Ossetia, & Abkhazia. Issues discussed included the basic criteria for the recognition of states; legal/political aspects of recognition; the impact of international law on the recognition of a state; & whether Russia's recognition of Abkhazia & South Ossetia was the right decision. Historical conditions that expedited the evolution of an unrecognized state entity were explored, along with the mutual recognition unrecognized states grant each other; distinctions between declarative & constitutive theories of recognition; & contradictions between the right to self-determination & the principle of territorial integrity. Adapted from the source document.