Foreign Policy Orientations and U.S. Counterterrorism Support

Stephen J. Ceccoli

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2024, vol. 47, issue 10, 1366-1381

Abstract: Since terrorism has an undeniable psychological component; how citizens think about counterterrorism offers important implications for determining successful state responses. This research note examines empirical linkages between foreign policy preferences and support for eight counterterrorism measures, especially military-focused approaches associated with the “war model” of counterterrorism. Findings derived from the Chicago Council Survey of American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy indicate that traditional foreign policy orientations, especially internationalist and militarist postures, condition respondent counterterrorism preferences in important ways beyond ideology and partisan identification. Moreover, threat perceptions consistently predict respondent support for both violent and restrictive counterterrorism measures.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2021.2015820

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