From The West with Love: International Terrorism and Construction of Regional Security Identities ; Desde occidente con amor: terrorismo internacional y construcción de identidades securitarias regionales

The 9/11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent US-lead war against terrorism, called up the international community aiming to legitimize military interventions and political regime changes. However, international system procedures allowed the adjustment and maintenance of terrorist organizations. Such is the case of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which rose up from the Iraqi institutional weakness —due to the 2003 American military intervention— and the Syrian civil war. The aforementioned requires a reappraisal of the political and military methods in the struggle against terrorism. This phenomenon has pushed on a series of shared beliefs by different societies which demand state resources —such as political and legal ones— intended to guarantee security. So, an “international social collectivity” is constituted. The article will study terrorism as a trigger of management of fear, the identification of threats, the pursuit and reach of security through international political and legal resources which, at the same time, gain legitimacy facing a world public opinion. Thereby, terrorism determines the existence and guides the behaviour of an international social collectivity which undeniably overtakes the modern state. The article will develop an analysis between International Law and constructivism in International Studies. ; El 9/11 y la consecuente guerra contra el terrorismo liderada por Estados Unidos movilizaron a la comunidad internacional con el fin de legitimar intervenciones militares y cambios de regímenes políticos. Sin embargo, los procedimientos del sistema internacional permitieron una adaptación de las organizaciones terroristas, siendo el caso del levantamiento del Estado Islámico de Irak y Siria a partir de la debilidad institucional iraquí —ocasionada por la intervención norteamericana de 2003— y la guerra civil siria. Lo anterior exige una revaluación de los métodos políticos y militares de la lucha contra el terrorismo. Este fenómeno ha activado credos compartidos por diferentes ...