Hostis ante Portas. El poder, la guerra y la figura del enemigo en las relaciones internacionales
Journal: UNISCI Journal
Year: 2015

In this article I propose to frame the evolution of the figure of the political enemy in the general evolution of the international system order. The thesis I want to maintain is that the detection of the enemy is always a discursive construction consequent to the transformations of the hegemonic power and of its way of making war. I will illustrate therefore the historical changes that the enemy's notion has suffered, from Westfalia up to the modern programs of counterinsurgency. I will present