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This study expounds upon the composition, dynamics, and consequences of the post-9/11 global security context by positing the following overarching research question: how has the event of 9/11 further enabled the US to legitimately articulate, disseminate, and implement an absolutist security agenda (ASA) on the world stage?

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PART I: INTRODUCTION A Single-Minded Epistemology of Security Utility of Universal Foes Destabilizing the States System US Imperialism& Hegemony Global Enemies, Militarization& Ideology Morality& Global Governance Organization of Study PART II: QUESTIONS& HYPOTHESES Power, Morality& Terror Morality& Symbol Security& Rules of Formation Terror& Global Security PART III: THE USA PATRIOT ACT 2001 Waging War to Wage Peace PART IV: WMD& PROLIFERATION The Post-9/11 Nuclear Threat Rogue States& WMD North Korea& WMD

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MARVIN ASTRADA is Research Scientist with theApplied Research Center at Florida International University, USA.

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