The 'war on terror' and the new periphery

This chapter exmaines the emergence of 'peripheral' fronts in the Bush administration's 'war on terror.' Since this 'war' was conceived from its inception as global in scope, it permitted the development of both 'core' and 'peripheral' fronts -...

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Main Author: Ryan, Maria
Other Authors: Sewell, Bevan
Format: Book Section
Published: University Press of Kentucky 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49911/
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description This chapter exmaines the emergence of 'peripheral' fronts in the Bush administration's 'war on terror.' Since this 'war' was conceived from its inception as global in scope, it permitted the development of both 'core' and 'peripheral' fronts - the latter emerging in the Philippines, Georgia, and across Sub-Saharan Africa. In each of these areas, the Bush administration identified a confluence of material interests - such as energy security - and a possible threat from Islamist terrorism, and launched a series of Foreign Internal Defense campaigns, in parternership with local governments, to prevent the emergence of terrorism there and safeguard other US interests on the new 'periphery.'
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spelling nottingham-499112020-05-04T18:30:29Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49911/ The 'war on terror' and the new periphery Ryan, Maria This chapter exmaines the emergence of 'peripheral' fronts in the Bush administration's 'war on terror.' Since this 'war' was conceived from its inception as global in scope, it permitted the development of both 'core' and 'peripheral' fronts - the latter emerging in the Philippines, Georgia, and across Sub-Saharan Africa. In each of these areas, the Bush administration identified a confluence of material interests - such as energy security - and a possible threat from Islamist terrorism, and launched a series of Foreign Internal Defense campaigns, in parternership with local governments, to prevent the emergence of terrorism there and safeguard other US interests on the new 'periphery.' University Press of Kentucky Sewell, Bevan Ryan, Maria 2017-01-17 Book Section PeerReviewed Ryan, Maria (2017) The 'war on terror' and the new periphery. In: Foreign policy at the periphery: the shifting margins of international relations since World War II. Studies in conflict, diplomacy and peace . University Press of Kentucky, pp. 336-364. ISBN 9780813168470 terrorism Africa Philippines Georgia Special Operations Bush
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Africa
Philippines
Georgia
Special Operations
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Ryan, Maria
The 'war on terror' and the new periphery
title The 'war on terror' and the new periphery
title_full The 'war on terror' and the new periphery
title_fullStr The 'war on terror' and the new periphery
title_full_unstemmed The 'war on terror' and the new periphery
title_short The 'war on terror' and the new periphery
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topic terrorism
Africa
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Georgia
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url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49911/