CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Jana Stanković |
|---|---|
| Title | National and Foreign Policy Implications of the Discourses Connected to Nationalism and Religion in the Security Council's Counterterrorism Practice in the post-9/11 Era |
| Summary | This research aimed to explore the discourses around the counter-terrorism practice of the United Nations Security Council, from September 11, 2001 to 31 December 2022. This thesis examined the main discourses produced at the meetings of the Security Council by the representatives of the permanent and non-permanent members that connect nationalism and religion to terrorism and violent extremism, and the ways these discourses are used as argumentation strategies for advocating and consolidating foreign policy interests, distribution of power among the members of the Security Council, and justifying actions against perceived security challenges, risks and threats. I used the discourse-historical approach of critical discourse analysis and qualitative content analysis, while quantitative content analysis was used as a supplementary method. The findings indicate that the discourses clearly correlate to national interests and foreign policies of states and they are generally adapted to the changed geopolitical circumstances, while nationalism and religion are used to indicate to specific national issues or concrete ethnic and religious groups. Furthermore, while there is a consensus among members of the Security Council that terrorism presents a global threat that affects all societies and that there is a need to tackle this challenge, there is not clear and coherent way to understand the concept, analyze its consequences and reach consensus on necessary political actions. This pattern creates challenging societal, national, regional and international consequences. |
| Supervisor | András László Pap |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/stankovic_jana.pdf |
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