Author profile: Claire Duncanson

Claire Duncanson is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include feminist security studies, gender and militaries, military interventions and peacebuilding, and she has published widely on those issues. Her most recent publication is Forces for Good? Military Masculinities and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan and Iraq (Palgrave Macmillan 2013).

Masculine Rivalries and Security: The US and UK in Iraq and Afghanistan

Claire Duncanson • Jul 4 2014 • Articles

The UK and US constructed their masculine identities in relation to each other in Iraq and Afghanistan. This rivalry has implications for achieving security.

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