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Social Construction of International Politics: Identities and Foreign Policies, Moscow, 1955 and 1999, by Ted Hopf.
In this impressive work of interpretivist international relation theorizing, Ted Hopf seeks an understanding of how the identities contained within a state affect the ways in which that state views others. In other words, Hopf's goal is to capture the "interests" of states vis-a-vis others in particular contexts and at particular times....