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Author Mustapha, Jennifer

Title Writing Southeast Asian Security : the 'War on Terror' in Asia
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (177 pages)
Series Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
Critical terrorism studies.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 An introduction to writing Southeast Asian security; The questions that drive this book; Notes; References; 2 The politics and ethics of critical approaches to security; Critical security studies and the question of ontology; The scope and meaning of "security" in (South) East Asia; Realism and the "hub and spokes" model; Constructivism and the "comprehensive security community" model; Conclusion -- beyond constructivism in (South) East Asian security; Notes; References
3 In search of monsters: US foreign policy in East and Southeast AsiaWhat is foreign policy and how can we know it?; Foreign policy as the stories we tell; Risk, pre-emption, and constructions of threat; Critically assessing US foreign policy in East and Southeast Asia; From the Cold War to the War on Terror; The Bush Doctrine in East and Southeast Asia; Conclusion: the War on Terror as a hegemonic security narrative; Notes; References; 4 Here be monsters! "Experts" and the mapping of terror; Expertise and the construction of threat; The problem with terrorism experts
Expert claim one: political Islam as imminent threatExpert claim two: regional Islamism with global linkages; Expert claim three: terrorism as pathology; Conclusion -- the making of monsters; Notes; References; 5 Irruptions of the War on Terror in Southeast Asia: gender, sovereignty, and constructions of insecurity; Gendered insecurities; US-Philippines military relations; Sexual violence and privileged exemption; Architectures of sovereignty; Shifting domestic security narratives; Mobilizing War on Terror discourses; Conclusion -- "national resilience" as security; Notes; References
6 Bicycle wheels and noodle bowls: making sense of (South) East Asian regional relations after 9/11Regionalism and regionalization in (South) East Asia; Competing regional narratives; Costs and opportunities; ASEAN after 9/11; Conclusion -- "regional resilience" as security; Notes; References; 7 Beyond the Bush Doctrine: new narratives and new questions; Hope? Change? Or more of the same?; The Obama Doctrine in Asia; Obama's war on terror; Conclusion: the Trump Doctrine -- from chess to checkers; Note; References; Conclusion: future questions in writing Southeast Asian security
Weak ontology and (immanent) critiqueReferences; Index
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317340409
131734040X