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EU's Securitized Aid: a case study of the EU's counterterrorism regulations' effects on aid delivery in Palestine

Rydell, Moa LU (2020) SIMV07 20201
Department of Political Science
Education
Master of Science in Global Studies
Graduate School
Abstract
Following 9/11, an explosion of transnational counterterrorism regulations aimed at countering the financing of terrorism has been established. These have since had suffocating effects on aid delivery in areas where designated terrorist organizations are present, resulting in the denying of aid to the most vulnerable. Regardless, transnational regulations have only grown more assertive during the last few years with an intensification of implications as well. The need for a normative assessment of these regulations and the negative effects they cause is ever growing and is, therefore, at the center of this research. In doing so, this research makes use of theories of securitization to understand the development of the EU’s core regulations... (More)
Following 9/11, an explosion of transnational counterterrorism regulations aimed at countering the financing of terrorism has been established. These have since had suffocating effects on aid delivery in areas where designated terrorist organizations are present, resulting in the denying of aid to the most vulnerable. Regardless, transnational regulations have only grown more assertive during the last few years with an intensification of implications as well. The need for a normative assessment of these regulations and the negative effects they cause is ever growing and is, therefore, at the center of this research. In doing so, this research makes use of theories of securitization to understand the development of the EU’s core regulations on combating terrorism financing through a minor document analysis. The case study of Palestine is thereafter used to explore what implications aid delivery actors experience because of the EU regulations, drawing primarily on data collected through interviews with Palestinian NGOs. By developing theories on normative assessments of securitization processes, this study finally assesses the morality of the securitization and the following regulations. Findings show that the EU regulations are morally unjust and that they have resulted in a bolstering of Palestine’s aid-dependency by undermining Palestinian aid development and by allowing an exploitation of the regulations. (Less)
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author
Rydell, Moa LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMV07 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Just Securitization Theory, counterterrorism regulations, aid delivery, Palestine, anti-terrorism clause
language
English
id
9026948
date added to LUP
2020-09-01 11:03:11
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2020-09-01 11:03:11
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  abstract     = {{Following 9/11, an explosion of transnational counterterrorism regulations aimed at countering the financing of terrorism has been established. These have since had suffocating effects on aid delivery in areas where designated terrorist organizations are present, resulting in the denying of aid to the most vulnerable. Regardless, transnational regulations have only grown more assertive during the last few years with an intensification of implications as well. The need for a normative assessment of these regulations and the negative effects they cause is ever growing and is, therefore, at the center of this research. In doing so, this research makes use of theories of securitization to understand the development of the EU’s core regulations on combating terrorism financing through a minor document analysis. The case study of Palestine is thereafter used to explore what implications aid delivery actors experience because of the EU regulations, drawing primarily on data collected through interviews with Palestinian NGOs. By developing theories on normative assessments of securitization processes, this study finally assesses the morality of the securitization and the following regulations. Findings show that the EU regulations are morally unjust and that they have resulted in a bolstering of Palestine’s aid-dependency by undermining Palestinian aid development and by allowing an exploitation of the regulations.}},
  author       = {{Rydell, Moa}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{EU's Securitized Aid: a case study of the EU's counterterrorism regulations' effects on aid delivery in Palestine}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}