1st Edition
Resolving Security Dilemmas A Constructivist Explanation of the INF Treaty
By Brian Frederking
Copyright 2000
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2000. The book applies constructivist arguments about culture, norms and identity to explain the superpower negotiations that produced the INF Treaty. It contributes to the constructivist research program in two ways. First, it develops a speech act model of social interaction to illustrate constructivist arguments and second, it develops a constructivist theory... Read more
Contents: The buildup argument; Constructivism; The rules of the Cold War; Deadlock: the 1981-1983 INF negotiations; Challenging Cold War rules; Agreement: the 1985-1987 INF negotiations; The new thinking argument; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Brian Frederking
’...blows away the fog that has enveloped constructivism...’ Nicholas Onuf, Florida International University, USA ’Resolving Security Dilemmas offers a novel thesis about the INF Treaty and makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on the end of the Cold War.’ Journal of Cold War Studies
