title: Emotion Discourse Analysis
abstract: How can emotions be studied in foreign policy discourse? In a step toward fostering methodological engagement and dialogue on this issue, this chapter develops a methodological framework for studying emotions in foreign policy discourses: emotion discourse analysis. Emotion Discourse Analysis is concerned with how foreign policy actors talk about emotions and how they employ emotion categories when talking about subjects, events, or social relations. It is based on three steps: (1) selecting app