Book Reviews, Main Articles, Volume 15

Book Review: Hidden in Plain Sight: Redefining the Field of National Security (reviewing Race and National Security (Matiangai Sirleaf ed., Oxford Univ. Press 2023))

Aziza Ahmed [*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Throughout his campaign for presidency, Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. As President, he kept his word. Only days after he took office, the new administration released the first version of the Executive Order: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.1 The first Executive Order, however, did not say the word Muslim. Instead, it listed only Muslim-majority countries as necessary for restrictions on entry. The Executive Order also trafficked in stereotypes about Muslims, such as the need to ban people who […]