Introduction: Tracing the influence of identity on foreign policy

Chafetz, Glenn; Spirtas, Michael; Frankel, Benjamin

doi:10.1080/09636419808429372

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“…Analysts who employ strategic culture as a means of accounting for behaviour's impact often turn to historical sociology for guidance; those who prefer to put the emphasis upon conceptions attending identity also avail themselves of approaches with a long-established pedigree, at one time subsumed under the rubric national character. If both approaches are similar in dating from the first half of the twentieth century, a difference worth noting is that historical sociology has regained scholarly respectability after having been for some years in eclipse (Barnes 1948, Smith 1991, while national character studies, under that name, remain controversial, though as we saw above, when repackaged under the label 'national identity' they not only become respectable, but also they become voguish (Chafetz et al 1998(Chafetz et al /1999.…”

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Happy days are here again? France's reintegration into NATO and its impact on relations with the USA

Haglund

2010

European Security

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This paper's title, invoking as it does the optimism of Franklin D. Roosevelt's theme song during his 1932 presidential campaign, speaks to a growing expectation that a profound change for the better is in store for the FrancoAmerican relationship. That bilateral relationship has long been billed as one between the world's two 'oldest allies', with the unstated assumption being that because they have been such longstanding 'partners' in international security, they must typically interact in a constructive fashion, advancing in the process not only their own respective national interests but also the interests of the greater community (the 'West') to which they belong. The reality of their interaction since they initially became allies (in 1778) is, of course, quite different, and is best characterised by long periods of strategic ennui disrupted by occasional moments of bliss and just as occasional bouts of vehement animosity. Although alliance dynamics have not been the only, or even the chief, source of upset in the FrancoAmerican security relationship, there is no denying that at times the two states have differed bitterly over matters precisely because they have been allies. The Western alliance, for each state though for different reasons, has served as a symbolic referent of the first order of importance. Therefore, the nature of their involvement with NATO could be said to serve as a shorthand means of assessing the nature of their involvement with each other. If this is so, then France's reintegration into NATO's military side might reasonably be taken as a harbinger of long-term improvement in the quality of the FranceÁUS strategic relationship. This seems to be what many analysts believe, at least. It is the aim of this article to examine critically this supposition.

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Happy days are here again? France's reintegration into NATO and its impact on relations with the USA

Haglund

2010

European Security

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“…Through social interaction, identities can change even to the extent that former adversaries may become allies, or vice-versa. 17 Indeed, identity formation is a continuous process that involves constant (re)negotiation of the boundaries between self and other. 18 Critical geopolitics builds on this scholarship on identity formation to question dominating structures of knowledge and power, and aims to unravel stereotypical patterns of conceptualising geography in politics and beyond.…”

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“This Marvelous Symbol of Our Identity”: The Czech Republic in American Practical Geopolitics

Ouellette

Weiss

2014

Geopolitics

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“…Identity involves the creation of boundaries that separate self from other." 15 Such boundaries may exist on various levels, meaning that an actor may possess multiple identities whose salience depends on the situation. These identities may range from the strictly material (i.e., the physical separation between two entities) to the purely social (i.e., distinctions that are purely 'invented' and matter only in specific social contexts).…”

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The “Role” of Nationalism in Chinese Foreign Policy: A Reactive Model of Nationalism & Conflict

Brittingham

2007

J OF CHIN POLIT SCI

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A growing literature has sought to address the question of Chinese nationalism, and particularly whether or not its rise over the last decade could make China more prone to international conflict. Yet these discussions have often not been well grounded in either theories of nationalism or international relations (IR) theory. This paper will seek to fill this gap by using a constructivist approach to examine how nationalism is constituted by the interaction of states. By doing so, it will be argued that Chinese nationalism can best be understood as a reactive response to international events rather than domestic political manipulation.

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Introduction: Tracing the influence of identity on foreign policy

Cited by 16 publications

References 33 publications

Happy days are here again? France's reintegration into NATO and its impact on relations with the USA

Happy days are here again? France's reintegration into NATO and its impact on relations with the USA

“This Marvelous Symbol of Our Identity”: The Czech Republic in American Practical Geopolitics

The “Role” of Nationalism in Chinese Foreign Policy: A Reactive Model of Nationalism & Conflict

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