The 'war on terror' and the new periphery

Ryan, Maria

Abstract

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.'

Citation

Ryan, M. (2017). The 'war on terror' and the new periphery. In B. Sewell, & M. Ryan (Eds.), Foreign policy at the periphery: the shifting margins of international relations since World War II. University Press of Kentucky

• Acceptance Date: Dec 18, 2014
• Publication Date: Jan 17, 2017
• Deposit Date: Feb 22, 2018
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series Title: Studies in conflict, diplomacy and peace
• Book Title: Foreign policy at the periphery: the shifting margins of international relations since World War II
• ISBN: 9780813168470
• Keywords: terrorism, Africa, Philippines, Georgia, Special Operations, Bush
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/840147
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• Contract Date: Feb 21, 2018