From enmity to friendship

Question 1

core of constructivists

Answer 1

identity

Question 2

Alexander Wendt (3) types of relations:

Answer 2

enmity → sharp distinction of self vs. others (US-N-Korea relations)
friendship → about a strong positive identification of Seld with Other as in the angloshpere (relations among Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the US )
rivalry → located in between often characterizing great power relations
Nb.useful for study of diplomatic relations among states

Question 3

Refining and extending the spectrum

Answer 3

With dehumanization when the enemy is no longer recognized as a human being, as in Nazi Germany’s diplomacy facilitating war and genocide; and amalgamated self, a process through which Self and Other cease to exist and form a new self, as in the sceretariats of IGOs and particularly the EU and its EEAS

Question 4

role of diplomats

Answer 4

to help produce and reproduce such relations may be understood as that of a socializer or teacher who mold relations through social influence and persuasion
It may also be seen as actors making their relations together, notably when they reciprocate around dialogue through [practice or with metis ie. the agential power to change relations as for the authors of the European unification process