TY - BOOK AU - Pouliot,Vincent ED - Cambridge eBooks. ED - North Atlantic Treaty Organization, TI - International security in practice: the politics of NATO-Russia diplomacy T2 - Cambridge studies in international relations SN - 9780511676185 (ebook) AV - JZ5930 .P68 2010 U1 - 327.4701821 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - North Atlantic Treaty Organization KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Security, International KW - Foreign relations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016); Introduction --; The logic of practicality : a theory of practice of security communities --; A "sobjective" methodology for the study of practicality --; The logic of practicality at the NATO-Russia council --; The early steps : NATO, Russia and the double enlargement, 1992-1997 --; The fallout : NATO and Russia from Kosovo to Georgia, 1998-2008 --; Conclusion N2 - 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 UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511676185 ER -