Resolving Security Dilemmas: A Constructivist Explanation of the INF Treaty

by Brian Frederking

This analysis applies constructivist arguments about culture, norms and identity to explain the superpower negotiations that produced the INF Treaty. It seeks to contribute to the constructivist research programme in two ways. Firstly, it develops a speech act model of social interaction to illustrate constructivist arguments, and secondly, it develops a constructivist theory of security dilemmas that suggests practical ways to resolve them. The conclusion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754610918
• ISBN13: 9780754610915
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
• Length: 182 Pages