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Research Articles • Contexto int. 42 (3) • Sep/Dec 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-8529.2019420300002   copy

The Securitization of the Tri-Border Area between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

A Securitização da Tríplice Fronteira entre Argentina, Brasil e Paraguai

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the main features of the US discourse regarding the Tri-Border Area between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay through the analysis of 16 editions of the Patterns of Global Terrorism and of the Country Reports on Terrorism published from 2001-2016. Securitization theory is applied to explain the use of speech acts as movements to securitize the region. After employing NVivo to measure the frequency of words, a strong link between the rise of the financial semantic field and clashes in the Middle East were observed. The fact that the reports had a special emphasis regarding legislation on terrorism in the three countries was also detected.

Keywords
Tri-Border Area; securitization; content analysis; terrorism; George W. Bush; Barack Obama.

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