Presidential Doctrines and Foreign Affairs Magazine: The Articulation of Anti Communist Discourse in Foreign Policy Opinion of the American Elite from Kennan to Kissinger
Journal: Hacettepe University Institutional Repository (hacettepe.edu.tr)
Year: 2018

Poststructuralist IR theory argues that knowledge constitutes an important aspect in legitimization of foreign policy-making. Consequently, legitimization is based upon production of knowledge through intellectual practices. Moreover, legitimization becomes an important aspect in the process of production due to the need for justification of state actions concerning security issues by any means necessary. Therefore, in accordance with poststructuralist approach towards international relations, m