Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• leila morovati ¹
• Arsalan Ghorbani Sheikhkeshin ²

¹ PhD in International Relations, Kharazmi University, Tehran

² Professor, International Relations, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The incident of September 11, by expanding the scope of terrorist activities on a global scale, turned the attention of the activists of the international system to the threats arising from terrorism. With the incident of September 11, new terrorism invaded time and space and it became a phenomenon on a global scale. This caused the activists of international relations to choose a specific approach and strategy in the face of terrorism to protect them from threats and dangers caused by international terrorism and to maintain their security. So, each actor's strategy against terrorism and its anti-terrorist discourse can be analyzed in the framework of the logic of result and proportionality. Mainly, the logic governing the behavior of each actor in the international system is the result or proportionality. This article seeks to explain the counterterrorism discourses of two major powers in the international system, the America and the China, within the framework of the logic of result and proportionality. The main question of this article is that How can you explain the logic of the result and the proportionality of the way America and China face the phenomenon of terrorism? In response to this question,

Keywords

• September 11, America'
• s counterterrorism discourse, China'
• s counterterrorism discourse, logic of result, logic of Proportional

Main Subjects

• International Relations