Writing Southeast Asian Security: The 'War on Terror' in Asia
In: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
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 Asia -- What 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 threat -- Expert 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