Seminar paper in the subject Politics - Topic: International relations, University of Erfurt, language: English, abstract: This essay seeks to analyze these underlying structures, by focusing on the subject in two distinct and exemplary contexts: What structures surround the individual in the United States of America, in contrast to the ones in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan? How do different apparatuses and power structures influence our behavior and perspective in regard to terrorism in general, how could they reproduce the hierarchical international order and perpetuate the war against terror?