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Using Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis, this article aims at analyzing U.S. foreign policy under George W. Bush (2001-2008). Therefore, after the reading of official documents, we intend to study the discursive construction of new threats against the United States, with particular focus on three issues: first, the construction of identities around transnational terrorism and the so-called failed states; secondly, the reception and reproduction of this discourse and how these specific meanings affected U.S. political action; and how these elements are connected to the strategies of U.S foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Finally, concerning theoretical and methodological issues, we expect to underline the potential of Critical Discourse Analysis to the study of International Relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature about refugees has explored the link between refugees and human rights in the host countries – a fundamental aspect of the international refugee regime – in a predominantly descriptive perspective. Highlighting the importance of analytical approaches about the theme, this paper analyzes how the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed itself with regard to the refugee human rights in their host countries, signalizing the influence of the international politics in this context. Once understood the regime and its relation to the human rights, it is believed that the latter represents the parameter to analyze the way the international protection is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]