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It analyzes three state “motives”—moral, humanitarian, and honor-driven—through an ontological security lens, explaining how anxiety over time pushes actors to secure their sense of being. The book claims transformative possibilities within a nation-state’s “Self” and reassesses mainstream international politics theories. It applies the approach to cases including British neutrality in the American Civil War, Belgium’s 1914 decision, and NATO’s 1999 Kosovo intervention.","Ontological Security in International Relations  \nThe central assertion of this book is that states pursue social actions to serve self-identity needs, even when these actions compromise their physical existence. Three forms of social action, sometimes referred to as ‘‘motives’’of state behavior (moral, humanitarian, and honor-driven) are analyzed here through an ontological security approach.  \nOntological Security in International Relations develops an account of social action which interprets these behaviors as fulfilling a nation-state’s drive to secure self-identity through time. The anxiety which consumes all social agents motivates them to secure their sense of being, and thus the book posits that transformational possibilities exist in the ‘‘Self’’ of a nation-state. The book consequently both challenges and complements realist, liberal, constructivist, and post-structural accounts to international politics.  \nUsing ontological security to interpret three cases – British neutrality during the American Civil War (1861–1865), Belgium’s decision to fight Germany in 1914, and NATO’s (1999) Kosovo intervention – the book concludes by discussing the importance for self-interrogation in both the study and practice of international relations.  \nThis book will be of particular interest to students and researchers of International Politics, International Ethics, International Relations, and Security Studies.  \nBrent J. Steele is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas, USA.  \nThe New International Relations  \nSeries editors: Richard Little, University of Bristol, Iver B. 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