Identity of a state in international politics as characteristics the state internally and internationally. Peculiarities of russian identity within historical development and its specific features in comparison to Western civilization in general.
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Introduction International Relations/ Thesis Writing KKEN61 The Issue of Russian Identity Nina Hiekonen The issue of identity is important as it provides certain characteristics of state. It describes a state and resolves questions of state identification. It characterizes a state in the context of other states. In addition, it constructs an idea of a state. Constructivism offers alternative understandings of a number of central themes in International Relations theory, including the meaning of anarchy and a balance of power, a relationship between state identity and interest, and prospects for change in world politics. Constructivism assumes that actors and structures mutually constitute each other; anarchy must be interpreted to have a meaning; state interests are part of the process of identity construction; power is both material and discursive; and change in world politics is both possible and difficult (Hopf, 1998:171). For constructivists there is no “logic” of anarchy apart from the practices that cre