The Maze of Fear: Security and Migration After 9/11

by John Tirman

Overview

The roster of security measures enacted by the Bush administration in the panic that followed September 11th is by now well known. Common to all of those initiatives from The Homeland Security Presidential Directive 2 to the USA Patriot Actis concern about the link between migration and security.

This new appreciation of how people on the move pose a threat—whether real or imagined—will be a recurring theme of domestic policy and international relations for years to come. But the "securitization of migration" must first confront a perplexing tangle of long borders, large-scale labor migration, and throngs of tourist and student visitors. Policy makers are only beginning to catch up with this complicated reality.

Raising vital questions about government policy, The Maze of Fear explores the many dimensions of the migration–security link, including discussions of civil liberties, transnational organizations, refugee populations, and politically active diasporas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565849167
Publisher:	New Press, The
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	6.13(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Tirman is a program director at the Social Science Research Council. He is the author of The Fallacy of Star Wars and Spoils of War, and has published articles in the the New York Times, the Washington Post, Esquire, the Wall Street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction: The Movement of People and the Security of States	1
	Empire Through Diasporic Eyes: A View from the Other Boat	17
	Displacement, Diaspora Mobilization, and Transnational Cycles of Political Violence	45
	The Return of the State? Financial Reregulation in the Pursuit of National Security After September 11	59
	9/11: Insinuating Constitutional and International Norms	76
	The Immigrant As Threat to American Security: A Historical Perspective	87
	Governance, Immigration Policy, and Security: Canada and the United States Post-9/11	109
	Praetorian Passages: Central Asia at the Edge of War	131
	Migration and Security As an Issue in U.S.-European Relations	142
	War Against Havens for Terrorism: Examining a New Presidential Doctrine	155
	Globalization, Low-Intensity Conflict, and Protracted Statelessness/Refugeehood: The Plight of the Rohingyas	169
	The Jewish Question: The Old and the New	195
	The Impact of the September 11 Attacks on Arab and Muslim Community in the United States	215
	IR Theory and Epochal Events: Between Paradigm Shifts and Business-As-Usual	240
	Notes	251
	Contributors	297
	Index	299