European Union's Fight Against Terrorism

Christopher Baker-Beall is Lecturer in International Relations at Nottingham Trent University

• Introduction: the language of the European Union's 'fight against terrorism'1. Investigating the language of EU counter-terrorism: analytical techniques2. Constructing the threat of terrorism in Western Europe and the European Union: a genealogy3. Constructing the 'Terrorist' other: a 'new' and 'evolving' threat to the European Union4. Constructing the 'Migrant' other: globalisation, securitisation and control5. Constructing the 'Muslim' other: preventing 'radicalisation', 'violent extremism' and 'terrorism'Conclusion: the 'fight against terrorism' discourse and the EU's emerging role as a holistic security actorIndex

‘Christopher Baker-Beall’s research [is] topical, cogent, and timely.’Alessandra Russo, Sciences Po Bordeaux, EuropeNow issue 12