In the wake of the 9/11 attacks the American film industry took a while to react to the Islamist ... more In the wake of the 9/11 attacks the American film industry took a while to react to the Islamist threat at home and abroad. From 2005, however, Hollywood responded to the threat to the homeland and the War on Terror "over there" in Iraq and Afghanistan in a variety of ways. This article examines the nature of that response and whether it evinces, as critics allege, that the American film industry reflects and shapes a capitalist and imperialist agenda. More particularly, by evaluating the cinematic treatment of both the Iraq war and the problem of surveillance, rendition, and homeland security, the analysis explores what this distinctive on-screen genre tells about how the U.S. cultural mainstream has dealt with the challenge global jihadism poses to American values. The analysis suggests that post-9/11 movie making, while sometimes bleak and often clich ed, is cognizant of the gray area morality inherent in fighting the "War on Terror," and is still thus able to offer some possibilities for sophisticated reflection.
Since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expanded its institutional outreach to s... more Since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expanded its institutional outreach to span the broader Asia Pacific and new policy areas, a dominant orthodoxy has placed the organization at the center of the region's international order. More recently, uncertainty in the context of China's rise sheds doubt on ASEAN's apparent centrality to its procedurally driven transformation of foreign relations across East Asia. While theories of cooperation explain why and when minor powers choose to pool their resources, the reverse logic has hardly been considered. This paper shows that the particular type of ASEAN regionalism is not only a product of weak states' cooperation but that the lack of capacity also sets the limits for the regional project. Two case studies on intramural security elicit the limited effectiveness of ASEAN's endeavor to develop into a International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
This Special Issue of Parergon examines the manner in which understandings of reason of state and... more This Special Issue of Parergon examines the manner in which understandings of reason of state and natural law informed the conception and practice of governance of the early modern state. A series of related essays considers aspects of these evolving understandings from the perspective of the political, economic, moral, and external conduct of the state, and of those who theorized, counselled, and advised it.
Milton's status as a political thinker has endured something of a checkered career. Recent schola... more Milton's status as a political thinker has endured something of a checkered career. Recent scholarship has attended both to the complexity of Milton's character and the classical ideals permeating his political thought. This essay seeks to clarify further Milton's defence of the commonwealth, by situating his polemical writings of 1649 to 1653 in the context of the Engagement debate about the character and extent of loyalty to the new free state. This sheds an interesting and neglected light both on that debate, the presentation of the case of the commonwealth and Milton's distinctive use of casuistry in that presentation.
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks the American film industry took a while to react to the Islamist ... more In the wake of the 9/11 attacks the American film industry took a while to react to the Islamist threat at home and abroad. From 2005, however, Hollywood responded to the threat to the homeland and the War on Terror "over there" in Iraq and Afghanistan in a variety of ways. This article examines the nature of that response and whether it evinces, as critics allege, that the American film industry reflects and shapes a capitalist and imperialist agenda. More particularly, by evaluating the cinematic treatment of both the Iraq war and the problem of surveillance, rendition, and homeland security, the analysis explores what this distinctive on-screen genre tells about how the U.S. cultural mainstream has dealt with the challenge global jihadism poses to American values. The analysis suggests that post-9/11 movie making, while sometimes bleak and often clich ed, is cognizant of the gray area morality inherent in fighting the "War on Terror," and is still thus able to offer some possibilities for sophisticated reflection.
Since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expanded its institutional outreach to s... more Since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expanded its institutional outreach to span the broader Asia Pacific and new policy areas, a dominant orthodoxy has placed the organization at the center of the region's international order. More recently, uncertainty in the context of China's rise sheds doubt on ASEAN's apparent centrality to its procedurally driven transformation of foreign relations across East Asia. While theories of cooperation explain why and when minor powers choose to pool their resources, the reverse logic has hardly been considered. This paper shows that the particular type of ASEAN regionalism is not only a product of weak states' cooperation but that the lack of capacity also sets the limits for the regional project. Two case studies on intramural security elicit the limited effectiveness of ASEAN's endeavor to develop into a International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
This Special Issue of Parergon examines the manner in which understandings of reason of state and... more This Special Issue of Parergon examines the manner in which understandings of reason of state and natural law informed the conception and practice of governance of the early modern state. A series of related essays considers aspects of these evolving understandings from the perspective of the political, economic, moral, and external conduct of the state, and of those who theorized, counselled, and advised it.
Milton's status as a political thinker has endured something of a checkered career. Recent schola... more Milton's status as a political thinker has endured something of a checkered career. Recent scholarship has attended both to the complexity of Milton's character and the classical ideals permeating his political thought. This essay seeks to clarify further Milton's defence of the commonwealth, by situating his polemical writings of 1649 to 1653 in the context of the Engagement debate about the character and extent of loyalty to the new free state. This sheds an interesting and neglected light both on that debate, the presentation of the case of the commonwealth and Milton's distinctive use of casuistry in that presentation.
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