When Diplomacy Identifies Terrorism: Subjects, Identity and Agency in the ‘War on Terror’ in Mali

Orellana, Pablo de

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“…Diplomatic missions also play a key role in conflict prevention and mediation, by allowing third parties to help resolve local bargaining disagreements between two or more warring parties (Ruhe, 2020). Embassies and consulates are likewise important in helping to identify and prevent terrorism, promoting security and stability not only in their sending country, but also-by allowing local and international authorities to target terrorist groups-locally in the host state (de Orellana, 2017). By reducing diplomatic activities, malaria may therefore subject some nation-states to a higher risk of military, political, and human insecurity (Cervellati et al, 2017).…”

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The diplomatic burden of pandemics: lessons from malaria

Bagozzi

Koren

2021

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This note seeks to understand the extent of the disruptions to international relations caused by pandemics, focusing on one globally-endemic disease: malaria. We posit that longstanding diseases such as malaria have the potential to undermine the political ties of nation states, as well as the many benefits of these connections. Our argument is tested empirically using both directed-dyadic and monadic data, while incorporating methods that account for endogeneity and other relevant concerns. We find that the geographic malaria rates of a country not only serve to historically discourage foreign governments from establishing diplomatic outposts on a country's soil, but also lead to an aggregate decrease in the total diplomatic missions that a country receives. We then discuss the current implications of these findings.

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The diplomatic burden of pandemics: lessons from malaria

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2021

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“…In Vietnam 1945–1948, it was demonstrated that racial representations of subjects and their spatial (Oriental), temporal (backward) and normative (red conspiracy) contexts have immense power in diplomacy. Application of this method to US diplomacy with Mali and Morocco in the 2000s showed that representation of the Self as a postcolonial subaltern was empowering for these North African states, allowing them to significantly influence US policy (de Orellana, 2015, 2016). This understanding of what enables crossovers paves the way for future conceptualisation and empirical examination of the agency that enables diplomacy to transform how other actors see the world.…”

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Retrieving how diplomacy writes subjects, space and time: a methodological contribution

Orellana

2019

European Journal of International Relations

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How does diplomacy describe international actors? Diplomatic practices observe, analyse, prioritise and constitute information that is ultimately committed to text. Drawing on post-structuralist approaches to identity, diplomacy and textuality, this paper argues for consideration of the unique role of diplomatic text in constituting the state and especially its representation and understanding of Self and Other. It consequently develops a methodology to empirically analyse how the text of diplomatic communication describes people, places, time, politics, and informs policy. The analytical method proposed adjusts and expands post-structuralist discourse analysis, adapting it to the intertextual study of large collections of diplomatic knowledge production documents. It firstly determines data selection in relation to diplomacy’s own theory. Secondly, it develops an approach to retrieve how any diplomatic text constitutes representations of subjects and their contexts. Thirdly, it follows the development of representations across diplomatic knowledge production, identifying when they come to influence other international actors. This approach is demonstrated in the analysis of America’s 1945–1948 diplomatic road to involvement in Vietnam, showing how diplomacy’s representation of actors were vital to US involvement, and identifying hitherto unconsidered events, descriptions and actors. These analytics contribute to and empirically substantiate understanding of how diplomacy constitutes Self and Other, informs policy and shapes world politics.

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When Diplomacy Identifies Terrorism: Subjects, Identity and Agency in the ‘War on Terror’ in Mali

Cited by 2 publications

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The diplomatic burden of pandemics: lessons from malaria

The diplomatic burden of pandemics: lessons from malaria

Retrieving how diplomacy writes subjects, space and time: a methodological contribution

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