| ID | 106788 |
| Title Proper | Threat construction in the Bush administration's post-9/11 foreign policy |
| Other Title Information | (critical) security implications for Southeast Asia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mustapha, Jennifer |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Bush Administration's 'war on terror' was both a set of policies as well as a powerful security narrative that informed the way that threat was understood and constructed post-9/11. This idea is explored specifically with regard to how the articulation of threat in the 'war on terror' informed American relations with Southeast Asia, which in turn had active consequences for regional state and non-state actors alike. The importance of discourse is explained with a focus on how the discursive construction of threat within the 'war on terror' security narrative is intrinsic to the 'security project' of the American state, as well as to American national identity more generally (Campbell 1998, Jackson 2005). From this analytical perspective, this paper contends that irruptions of the Bush Administration's post-9/11 foreign policy discourse in Southeast Asia were observable, and that these manifestations of discursive construction engendered consequences that contributed to an increase in anti-Americanism and terrorist activities aimed at 'Western' targets, and to a proliferation of anti-democratic and repressive behaviors by Southeast Asian governments under the guise of anti-terror measures. |
| `In' analytical Note | Pacific Review Vol. 24, No. 4; Sep 2011: p487-504 |
| Journal Source | Pacific Review Vol. 24, No. 4; Sep 2011: p487-504 |
| Key Words | War on Terror ; Bush Doctrine ; Terrorism ; Southeast Asia ; Critical Security ; Securitization |