Tripathy, Jyotirmaya creator text xu| 2008 continuing ng p.165-76. The idea of the frontier is the most pervasive metaphor of Americanism, nation building and identity formation. The present paper argues for an idea of the frontier as a process of linear expansion rather than an event in history. Using the term as a trope that universalizes expansion and conquest as an absolute, the paper traces the evolution of the frontier myth from early seventeenth century till Iraq invasion. While assuming that the frontier is a hyper sensitive line of control that divides us from them or pits one against the other, the paper tries to locate recent international political developments in the frontier framework. - Reproduced. United States - Foreign relations International relations Indian Journal of Political Science 180718