Identity and the Construction of Security

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• Jarrod Hayes, Georgia Tech
• Tuesday 29 October 2013, 13:10-14:00
• The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr Katherine Bowers.

Jarrod Hayes explores why democracies tend not to use military force against each other. He argues that democratic identity – the shared understanding within democracies of who “we” are and what “we” expect from each other – makes it difficult for political leaders to construct external democracies as threats. At the same time, he finds that democratic identity enables political actors to construct external non-democracies as threats. To explore his argument, he looks at U.S. relations with two rising powers: India and China. Through his argument and case studies, Professor Hayes addresses not just the democratic peace but also the larger processes of threat construction in international security, the role of domestic social and political institutions in international relations, and the possibility for conflict between the United States and the world’s two most populous countries.

This talk is part of the Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars series.

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