1. The Securitization of the Tri-Border Area between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
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Isabelle Christine Somma de Castro
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Tri-Border Area ,securitization ,content analysis ,terrorism ,George W. Bush ,Barack Obama. ,International relations ,JZ2-6530 - Abstract
Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the main features of the US discourse regarding the Tri-Border Area between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay through the analysis of 16 editions of the Patterns of Global Terrorism and of the Country Reports on Terrorism published from 2001-2016. Securitization theory is applied to explain the use of speech acts as movements to securitize the region. After employing NVivo to measure the frequency of words, a strong link between the rise of the financial semantic field and clashes in the Middle East were observed. The fact that the reports had a special emphasis regarding legislation on terrorism in the three countries was also detected.
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