Julie Wilhelmsen, Russia’s Securitization of Chechnya: How war became acceptable. Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies, 2017, 239 pages

Wilhelmsen´s profound exploration into the process of legitimation of the second Chechen war stems from a series of critical studies on terrorism that build on post-structuralist bases. Its interest lies in the innovative standpoint from which terrorism and national security are understood as the result of reflective, intersubjective practices, thus surmounting the traditional reification of such concepts in the fields of political science and international relations. In this book, the author...