International friendship is a distinct type of interstate relationship, and that as such, it can contribute to capture aspects of international politics that ha
In the history of Western thought, friendship's relationship to politics is checkered. Friendship was seen as key to understanding political life in the ancient
This is a study of friendship in international politics. It offers the history of friendship, and shows the role of friendship in building various legal and pol
Based on a decade of direct diplomatic engagement with the United Nations, a decade of teaching on international relations, and another decade of research and t
Claims of inter-state ‘specialness’ are commonplace in international politics. But how do some relationships between states come to be seen and categorized