Prudent foreign policy beyond realism

Samuel Barkin's 'Realist Constructivism' has been often read as a way to synthesise realist theory and constructivist meta-theory. In this bookchapter featured in a new book published by Bristol University Press, "The Social Construction of State Power - Applying Realist Constructivism", DIIS-Senior Reseacher Stefano Guzzini argues that it is better understood as an attempt to combine realist foreign policy doctrine with constructivist theory.

It is an invitation to explore constructivism as the theoretical backbone to inform a prudent foreign policy. Indeed, the chapter argues that a constructivist foreign policy doctrine realises the aim of prudence just as well, if not better, as realist maxims