The War on Terror in Comparative Perspective: US Security and Foreign Policy after 9/11

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
US Foreign Policy after 9/11: Context and Prospect....Pages 19-45
Uneasy Coexistence: Globalization and the US National Security State....Pages 46-68
US Foreign Policy and Radical Islam....Pages 69-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Radical Islam, Terrorism, and the Impact of September 11 on the Muslim Community....Pages 99-110
Disquiet on the Western Front: Sleeper Cells, Transatlantic Rift and the War in Iraq....Pages 111-120
Africa and the War on Terror: From Kalashnikovs to Qurans to Cooperation....Pages 121-138
US Security Policy and South America after September 11: A Brazilian Perspective....Pages 139-150
The United States and Southwest Asia after 9/11: Trends and Flashpoints....Pages 151-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Case Study of US Foreign Policy after 9/11....Pages 171-190
Between Atlanticism, Anti-Americanism and Europeanization: Dilemmas in Czech Foreign Policy and the War on Terrorism....Pages 191-204
US-Spain Security Relations after 9/11....Pages 205-220
Japan’s Response to the US War on Terrorism: External Pressure or National Interests?....Pages 221-231
In Lieu of an Epilogue: Whither International Cooperation?....Pages 232-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-259