How do once bitter enemies move beyond entrenched rivalry at the
diplomatic level? In one of the first attempts to apply practice
theory to the study of International Relations, Vincent Pouliot
builds on Pierre Bourdieu's sociology to devise a theory of
practice of security communities and applies it to post-Cold War
security relations between NATO and Russia. Based on dozens of
interviews and a thorough analysis of recent history, Pouliot
demonstrates that diplomacy has become a normal, though not a
self-evident, practice between the two former enemies. He argues
that this limited pacification is due to the intense symbolic power
struggles that have plagued the relationship ever since NATO began
its process of enlargement at the geographical and functional
levels. So long as Russia and NATO do not cast each other in the
roles that they actually play together, security community
development is bound to remain limited.
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