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This text theorizes & problematizes the politics of vicarious identity in international relations, where vicarious identity refers to processes of 'living through the other.' While prevalent & recognized in family & social settings, the prescence & significance of vicarious identification in international relations has been overlooked. Vicarious identification offers the prospect of bolstering narratives of self-identity & appropriating a sense of reflected glory & enhanced self-esteem, but insofar as it may mask & be a response to emergent anxieties, inadequacies, & weaknesses it also entails vulnerabilities. The work explores both its attraction & potential pitfalls, theorizing these in the context of emerging literatures on ontological security, status, & self-esteem, highlighting both its constitutive practices & normative limits.

Alliances. --- National interest. --- Interest, National --- International relations --- Nation-state --- Alliances --- Treaties of alliance --- Treaties --- Law and legislation --- United States --- Foreign relations --- United States - Foreign relations - Israel. --- Israel - Foreign relations - United States. --- United States - Foreign relations - Great Britain. --- Great Britain - Foreign relations - United States. --- United States - Foreign relations - Denmark. --- Denmark - Foreign relations - United States. --- Israel --- Great Britain --- Denmark