This edited volume is an innovative analysis of President Barack Obama s foreign policy, security and counter-terrorism policy, specifically within the context of ending the now infamous War on Terror. The book adopts a comparative approach, analysing change and continuity in US foreign policy during Obama s first term in office vis-a-vis the foreign policy of the War on Terror, initiated by George W. Bush following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Despite being heralded as an agent of change, since his election in 2008 Obama has faced criticism that his foreign policy is...
This edited volume is an innovative analysis of President Barack Obama s foreign policy, security and counter-terrorism policy, specifically within...
This book examines the use of concepts specifically weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in US foreign policy discourse.
Current analysis of WMD definition has made headway into identifying the repercussions that the conceptual conflation of such diverse weapons typically understood as a reference to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons has for international security. While the concept assumes these weapons are equal, the vast disparity between them, and their disparity from the conventional weapons from which they are supposedly distinct, means this approach is seen as unreflective of...
This book examines the use of concepts specifically weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in US foreign policy discourse.
In this bold study, Michelle Bentley analyses the role of chemical weapons in the Syria crisis, particularly in relation to US foreign policy. The use and subsequent rejection of such weapons by the Syrian government had an enormous influence on America's response to the conflict - a clear example of the power of the 'chemical taboo'. But while it seems only reasonable to condemn chemical warfare wherever it occurs, Bentley exposes two increasingly prevalent aspects of the taboo that are deeply troubling.
Firstly, the Syria crisis saw various sides employ the chemical taboo...
In this bold study, Michelle Bentley analyses the role of chemical weapons in the Syria crisis, particularly in relation to US foreign policy. The ...
This book analyses the Syria crisis and the role of chemical weapons, in relation to US foreign policy. The Syrian government's use of chemical weapons and their subsequent elimination would dominate the US' response to the conflict, where these are viewed as particularly horrific arms - a repulsion known as the chemical taboo. On the surface, this would seem to be an appropriate reaction: these are nasty weapons and eradicating them would ostensibly comprise a 'good' move. But this book reveals two new aspects of the taboo that challenge this prevailing view. First, actors use the taboo...
This book analyses the Syria crisis and the role of chemical weapons, in relation to US foreign policy. The Syrian government's use of chemical weapon...
President Obama s first term in office was subject to intense criticism; not only did many feel that he had failed to live up to his leadership potential, but that he had actually continued the foreign policy framework of the George W. Bush era he was supposed to have abandoned. This edited volume examines whether these issues of continuity have been equally as prevalent during the president s second term as his first.
Is Obama still acting within the foreign policy shadow of Bush, or has he been able to establish his own approach towards international affairs, distinct from his...
President Obama s first term in office was subject to intense criticism; not only did many feel that he had failed to live up to his leadership pot...
