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Hassan, Oz (2017) Trump, Islamophobia and US–Middle East relations. Critical Studies on Security, 5 (2). pp. 187-191. doi:10.1080/21624887.2017.1355158 ISSN 2162-4887.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2017.1355158
Abstract
Identifying the Trump administration’s approach to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is problematic. Not only is one hundred days of a new administration too short a period to make an assessment of any potential “Trump Doctrine”, especially given the size and complexity of the region, but Trump is himself unpredictable and consistently inconsistent (Rachman 2017). For some, this has been depicted as a result of Trump following the “Jacksonian” tradition in US foreign policy, emphasising a nationalist populism based on the physical security and economic well-being of the domestic population (Beinart 2017; Kilgore 2017; Mead 2017). This is certainly how Trump has sought to promote his presidency, portraying himself as embattled with traditional Washington elites, and someone that will bring government back to the people (Bouie 2017). Yet, defining the Trump administration in terms of appeals to the “Jacksonian tradition”, does little to inform an understanding of the broader rationale of Trump’s approach to foreign and security policy, and this administration’s approach to US-Middle East and North African (MENA) relations in particular. Indeed, such appeals obscure the actuality that under the Trump administration, US-MENA relations are not being driven by persistent beliefs or long-term strategic vision, but rather by a spontaneous, impulsive and situational volition. As a result of this, Trump’s Orientalism, Islamophobia and the securitization of Islam have come to define Trump’s approach to the MENA more than any strategic rationale. In particular, this has manifested itself in the identity construction of ‘Muslims’ and ‘Arabs’ as an existential threat. In turn, this is leading to increasingly violent practices, informed by Islamophobia, that are further devaluing the civilian population in the MENA region.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East, United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa, North, Trump, Donald, 1946- | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Critical Studies on Security | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2162-4887 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 25 July 2017 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 5 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 187-191 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/21624887.2017.1355158 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 July 2017 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 February 2019 | ||||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||
| Grant number: | ES/K001167/1 |
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