A Study on Policies of President Bush Junior’s Anti-terrorism—War Legitimacy and the Clash of Civilizations

• Main Authors: Chang, Yueh-Hua, 張月華
• Other Authors: Dr. Ho Shih Tung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98519271433161012283

碩士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 公共政策研究所 === 99 === On September 11, 2001, suicide attacks by al-Qaeda terrorist organization on the United States led to the collapse of the World Trade Center's twin towers and part of the Pentagon building. The Bush administration therefore embarked on a momentous change in US security strategy- the United States secured a resolution on 12 September from the United Nations Security Council endorsing antiterrorism efforts. Bush’s policies on antiterrorism consisted of two main contexts- ‘Homeland Security’ and ‘War for Antiterrorism’, of which the latter resulted in US wars to Iraq and to Afghan. These two wars not only arouse arguments onto the justice issue of wars, but also verify Huntington’s theory on ‘clash of civilizations’. This study points out there may be factors like history and culture conflicts explaining US action on terrorists, it is the America’s hegemony that really legitimates US action against emerging threats as well as eliminating all potential challengers especially those labeled as ‘terrorists’, and that in turn provokes terrorism. Keywords：President George Walker Bush, 911 Terror Attacks, Antiterrorism Policy, War for Antiterrorism, Clash of Civilizations, Hegemony