A Curriculum of Fear

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
School Reform ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
Critical Scholarship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global War ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

By traveling through daily life at the school, A Curriculum of Fear investigates how students and school staff made sense of, negotiated, and contested the intense focus on national security, terrorism, and their militarized responsibilities to the nation. Drawing from critical scholarship on school militarization, neoliberal school reform, the impact of the global war on terror on everyday life in the U.S., and the political uses of fear, this book maps the social, political, and economic contexts that gave rise to the school’s Homeland Security program and its popularity. Ultimately, as the first ethnography of a high school Homeland Security program, this book traces how Milton was not only “under siege”—shaped by the new normal imposed by the global war on terror—it actively prepared for the siege itself.

South Korea in 2004: Peninsular Flux

Asian Survey ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor D. Cha
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Fundamental Change ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Global War ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The U.S

The variables presaging fundamental change on the Korean Peninsula are many. This assessment of South Korea seeks to lay out the political, economic, and military events of 2004 and their relationship to South Korean grand strategy. It also seeks to analyze the linkages between Seoul's grand strategy and the U.S.-led global war on terror.

Iran: The state and terrorism in Iran

2019 ◽  
pp. 363-384
Author(s):  
Ali M. Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
State Policy ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
The Us ◽  
Global War ◽  
The Impact

This paper discusses the role of 'terror' and 'terrorism' as an aspect of state policy in Iran during the twentieth century, looking at its historical context both within Qajar Iran and as an aspect of state policy during there French Revolution. The paper critically assesses Iranian state's relationship with the term, as both a perceived victim and perpetrator, and focusses on the application of political violence against both dissidents and political opponents where the term 'terror' is used in Persian as a synonym for assassination. The paper looks at the various justifications for the use of terror and political violence, the legacy of the Rushdie affair and the impact of the US led Global War on Terror on perceptions within Iran. 

Abstract of Counter-Insurgency in the Philippines and the Global War on Terror. Examining the Dynamics of the Twenty-first Century Long Wars

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-160
Author(s):  
Renato Cruz De Castro
Keyword(s):  
War On Terror ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
First Century ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
The Third ◽  
Global War ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structure And Functions

AbstractThis article examines how the global war on terror affects the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), particularly its long and continuous involvement in many wars of the third kind. It discusses the history and essence of counter-insurgency warfare or low-intensity conflict (LICs) in the Philippine setting. It then explores the impact of the global war on terror on the Philippine military's counter-insurgency campaigns and the current reforms in the Philippine defence establishment to end the insurgency problems. In conclusion, the article argues these reforms and the post-9/11 US security assistance will not significantly transform the AFP's structure and functions as it will be preoccupied with its anti-terrorist and counter-insurgency efforts indefinitely into the future.

scholarly journals 9/11 and the emergence of Critical Terrorism Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-25
Author(s):  
Raquel Da Silva ◽  
Alice Martini
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Counter Narrative ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Global War ◽  
The Impact

The attacks of 11 September 2001 have profoundly impacted the field of terrorism studies. In this article we aim to trace, in particular, the impact of this date on the establishment of critical terrorism studies (CTS) as a school of thought. Such an endeavour aims to create an ‘umbrella-term’ to gather scholars from diverse backgrounds, in an attempt to provide a counter-narrative to the dominant, mainstream understanding of terrorism and counter-terrorism. CTS scholarship offers alternative approaches to state-centred, ahistorical, and ‘problem-solving’ standpoints, which have been at the origin of numerous atrocities committed, for example, under the Global War on Terror banner. This article explores the key debates stirred by CTS scholarship over the years, its recent advancements, and existing gaps.

U.S. Security Coordination and the “Global War on Terror”

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-46
Author(s):  
Jeannette Greven
Keyword(s):  
War On Terror ◽  
Palestinian Authority ◽  
Security Sector Reform ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
Security Personnel ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Global War ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) mission in Jerusalem was created in 2005 to help implement security sector reform within the Palestinian Authority (PA). With a single-minded focus on “counterterrorism,” Washington considered the USSC an ancillary mechanism to support U.S. diplomatic and political efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Despite upending long-standing U.S. policy and cutting all other forms of aid to the Palestinians, the Trump administration has maintained the USSC in the run-up to the “Deal of the Century.” This article draws on original interviews with security personnel responsible for enacting USSC interventions. It uses their insights to highlight how the mission tethered Israeli political aims to its remit, and the distorting ramifications that have ensued for Palestine and the Palestinians. In uncovering the full parameters of Washington's securitization policy, this history also points to the ways in which the PA has consequently been woven into the U.S.-led “global War on Terror.”

scholarly journals A guerra civil dos Estados Unidos e a crise da escravidão no Brasil

Afro-Ásia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael De Bivar Marquese
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Slave Emancipation ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Us Civil War ◽  
The U.S

<p><strong>Resumo</strong></p><p><strong></strong>O artigo procura entender como<em> </em>a Guerra Civil norte-americana (1861-1865) conformou o quadro da crise da escravidão no Brasil. Para tanto, ele é desenvolvido em dois planos. O primeiro se refere ao impacto político direto da Guerra Civil, da abolição em 1865 e da Reconstrução sobre o debate político e as deliberações parlamentares relativas à escravidão no Brasil, com as lentes especialmente voltadas para o período de 1861 a 1871. O segundo se reporta ao impacto do notável crescimento econômico dos Estados Unidos <em>postbellum</em> sobre as relações sociais escravistas do Império do Brasil, após a aprovação da lei do ventre livre em 1871.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The article seeks to understand how the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) triggered the crisis of slavery in Brazil. It explores two main aspects of this process: first, the political impact of the Civil War, U. S. slave emancipation in 1865, and Reconstruction on the political debates and parliamentary decisions regarding slavery in Brazil, especially in the period between 1861 and 1871; second, the impact of U.S. postbellum economic growth on the social relations of slavery in the Brazilian empire, after the passing of the Free Womb law in 1871.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>slavery, abolition, US Civil War, Brazilian Empire</p>

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-48
Author(s):  
Joana Cook
Keyword(s):  
War On Terror ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Current Analysis ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
Global War ◽  
The U.S

The introduction starts at 9/11 and provides a background of the consequences and implications of September 11 and the events that followed in the U.S. Global War on Terror (GWOT), highlighting a key gap in current analysis -- women as agents, partners and targets of counterterrorism. It discusses the importance of examining women through the cases of Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Syria referenced throughout the book. It introduces the original framework developed in this book that allows readers to unpick how, where and why women became visible in the discourses and practices of counterterrorism. These include: the categories of 'women' in US counterterrorism discourses the 'factors' that impacted how women evolved in US counterterrorism practices and the justifications stated when including women. The story of women in counterterrorism is demonstrated to bring to light broader tensions in the GWOT. Finally, a summary of each chapter of the book is provided.

scholarly journals The Illogical Logic of American Entanglement in the Middle East

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Ryan Burke ◽  
Jahara Matisek
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
State Building ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
Striking Resemblance ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Global War ◽  
The U.S

The logic of the American approach to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Syria – both in policy and practice – bears striking resemblance to the U.S. approach to Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite policies of restraint, it has proven difficult to stop the inertia of war, be it against Communism or terrorism. As this inertia grows, so too does illogical entanglement. Such deepening involvement, whether in Vietnam or the Global War on Terror, often results in combat forces undertaking nation- and state-building missions that they are not designed for, yet have been doing for almost two decades.

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