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Rebels without a conscience: the evolution of the rogue states narrative in US security policy

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Homolar, Alexandra (2011) Rebels without a conscience: the evolution of the rogue states narrative in US security policy. European Journal of International Relations, Volume 17 (Number 4). pp. 705-727. doi:10.1177/1354066110383996

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This article examines how the foundations of the ‘rogue states’ security narrative in the United States developed prior to the declaration of the George W. Bush administration’s ‘Global War on Terror’ and President Bush’s representation of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an ‘axis of evil’. The article argues that the puzzle of how US post-Cold War foreign and defence policy came to be focused on ‘irrational’ — but militarily inferior — adversaries can be understood through analysing how actors within the US defence community discursively constructed discrete international crises as the trigger for a major shift in US threat scenarios. This is developed through an examination of two crucial episodes in the construction of post-Cold War US national security interests: the crisis in the Persian Gulf in 1990–1 and the North Korean nuclear crisis in 1993–4. The article suggests the importance of historicizing contests over the interpretation of international crises in order to both better understand the process through which a country’s national security interests are defined and to gain greater analytical purchase on how security narratives are reconstructed during processes of systemic change.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: E History America > E151 United States (General)
J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-1993, United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2201, War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-, Persian Gulf War, 1991, National security -- United States
Journal or Publication Title: European Journal of International Relations
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 1354-0661
Official Date: December 2011
Dates:
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December 2011Published
Date of first compliant deposit: 19 December 2015
Volume: Volume 17
Number: Number 4
Page Range: pp. 705-727
DOI: 10.1177/1354066110383996
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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