The UN and Counter-Terrorism: Global Hegemonies, Power and Identities

This book traces the evolution of the UN Security Council’s actions against terrorism and extremism.

The work examines the progression of the UN Security Council’s fight against international terrorism and its development of practices to prevent radicalisation and extremism. It also looks at the consequences of these processes and how they have deeply moulded global counter-terrorism. The book looks at the discursive construction of a global threat and tracks how this construction evolved in...