Sustainable Public Diplomacy: Communicating about Identity, Interests and Terrorism
Sustainable Public Diplomacy: Communicating about Identity, Interests and Terrorism
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可持续公共外交：关于身份、利益和恐怖主义的沟通
DOI：
10.1057/9780230297159_8
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发表时间：
2010
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通讯作者：
G. Pigman
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作者：
Anthony Deos;G. Pigman
While there may be some argument regarding the overall success of the foreign policies of nation states in the challenging contemporary security environment, there should be little doubt that many foreign policies are currently not succeeding in creating a sustainably secure global environment. A particularly interesting example from recent history is the approach the US took in prosecuting the ‘Global War on Terror’(GWOT) between 2001 and 2008. In this instance it has become clear that there have been too few positive results. Launched to create a more secure global environment for the US and its allies, GWOT was deeply flawed in its conception and execution. Survey research has shown that many Americans believe that the US is less secure and its citizens at greater risk of being victims of terrorist actions today than prior to 11 September 2001 (Lee, 2004; CBS News, 2006). As the George W. Bush administration prepared to leave office in late 2008, they argued that they had prevented further terrorist attacks upon the US mainland for over seven years. Yet at the same time they regularly took credit for thwarting terrorist plots and apprehending would-be terrorists, including detection of a major plot to blow up ten transatlantic airliners travelling between London and US destinations in 2006 (The Times, 2008), the US and its allies continued to be targets in terror attacks in the UK, India and many other locations around the world. What this suggests is that GWOT was achieving an outcome that was not a victory in the military sense but rather a sort of defensive stalemate that would have to be maintained indefinitely. We argue that only a diplomatic strategy that recognizes and addresses the underlying conflict that is generating the violence can result in a viable long-term resolution.
DOI：
10.1177/056943450504900214
发表时间：
2005-09
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The American Economist
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作者：
Donna A. Cristo
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Donna A. Cristo