The Political Consequences of Anti-Americanism by Richard A. Higgott & Ivona Malbašić

Author:Richard A. Higgott & Ivona Malbašić [Higgott, Richard A. & Malbašić, Ivona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, International Relations, General, Diplomacy
ISBN: 9780415463911
Google: Ru3btAEACAAJ
Goodreads: 6704068
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-01-15T12:15:41+00:00

Terrorism

International public opinion may favour or disfavour co-operation with the American war on terrorism for reasons more specific than general attitudes toward the US. Publics giving high priority to counter-terrorism may be more open to accepting that part of a US security agenda. Yet, even for publics for whom terrorism abroad and at home is a high priority problem, negative judgements about the legitimacy and effectiveness of particular means advocated by Washington may lessen support for active co-operation with a US-designed war on terrorism.

In Table 8.1, publics are placed in terms of support for treating terrorism as a major problem and as supporting the US-led response to it. Publics in the upper left section, in effect, tend to support the George W. Bush security priority and its approach; those in the lower right reject both. Those in the lower left disagree on priority with the US but not on its policy response; the opposite is the case for those in the upper right section. The left half of the table has far more placements than the right, suggesting if anything pro-Americanism on counter-terrorism. The lower right section has few entries, consisting for the most part of predominantly Islamic publics. When the split publics are considered, it seems clear that the national publics of the EU are divided in terms of predominant sentiment between those whose views seem aligned with US policies and those divided about or negatively disposed toward its broad or narrow aspects.

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