All Outputs (14)

The securitization of COVID-19 as a security norm: WHO norm entrepreneurship and norm cascading (2022)
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In this article, we analyze the emergence of a global security norm of the COVID-19 epidemic as a threat to international security. This crisis is one of the gravest crises that humanity has experienced since the end of World War II in terms of the n... Read More about The securitization of COVID-19 as a security norm: WHO norm entrepreneurship and norm cascading.

Collective securitization and crisification of EU policy change: Two decades of EU Counterterrorism Policy (2021)
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One of the founding fathers of the European Union (EU) was very correct in suggesting that people would only recognize the necessity of change once a crisis was upon them, as the “war on terror” would show. The EU, as this special issue shows, joi... Read More about Collective securitization and crisification of EU policy change: Two decades of EU Counterterrorism Policy.

The collective securitization of aviation in the European Union through association with terrorism (2021)
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This article analyses the expansion of European Union cooperation on aviation security using the framework of collective securitization. It establishes how 9/11 was a precipitating event that put terrorism and aviation security in the spotlight. 9/11... Read More about The collective securitization of aviation in the European Union through association with terrorism.

Refugee flows and terrorism in the European Union: Securitization through association (2021)
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This article contributes to the debates on the securitization of asylum and migration in Europe by focussing on the securitization of asylum-seekers through their association with terrorism during the ‘refugee crisis’, which coincided with a ‘terrori... Read More about Refugee flows and terrorism in the European Union: Securitization through association.

De-centring the securitization of asylum and migration in the European Union: Securitization, vulnerability and the role of Turkey (2021)
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This article contributes to the debates on de-centring the analysis of migration governance in Europe by focusing on the potential role of external actors in the securitisation of asylum and migration in the European Union (EU). Although there has be... Read More about De-centring the securitization of asylum and migration in the European Union: Securitization, vulnerability and the role of Turkey.

The development of Europol's external relations: Towards supranationalism? (2021)
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This article examines the extent to which, if any, the development of Europol’s external relations over time has contributed to the integration of EU policing and criminal justice. More precisely, with reference to the academic debates on ‘intergover... Read More about The development of Europol's external relations: Towards supranationalism?.

The securitisation of migration in the European Union: Frontex and its evolving security practices (2020)
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This article investigates the evolving security practices of one of the key actors in the handling of asylum-seekers and migrants at the external borders of the European Union (EU) Member States, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, widely ref... Read More about The securitisation of migration in the European Union: Frontex and its evolving security practices.

‘They need us more than we need them’: British exceptionalism, Brexit, and justice and home affairs (2020)
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This article analyses the EU-UK Future Relationship negotiations on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) through the lenses of ‘exceptionalism’. This concept refers to a given state’s self-understanding as being not only fundamentally different from other... Read More about ‘They need us more than we need them’: British exceptionalism, Brexit, and justice and home affairs.

The European Union's response to the CBRN terrorist threat: A multiple streams approach (2019)
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This article examines how the European Union (EU) has sought to address the threat of CBRN terrorism using Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework. It demonstrates that the EU has significantly developed its response to the CBRN terrorist threat, but th... Read More about The European Union's response to the CBRN terrorist threat: A multiple streams approach.

The collective securitisation of terrorism in the European Union (2018)
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This article explores the recent and significant growth of European Union cooperation on counter-terrorism by drawing upon the concept of ‘collective securitisation’. It highlights how 9/11 was a precipitating event, one which led some EU leaders to... Read More about The collective securitisation of terrorism in the European Union.

Border controls as a dimension of the european union’s counter-terrorism policy: A critical assessment (2015)
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© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This article critically examines the use and effectiveness of border controls in the European Union (EU)’s counter-terrorism policy. It shows that the EU has made substantial progress towards achieving the objectives that i... Read More about Border controls as a dimension of the european union’s counter-terrorism policy: A critical assessment.

The european parliament in the external dimension of EU counter-terrorism: More actorness, accountability and oversight 10 years on? (2014)
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© 2014 Taylor & Francis. The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force in 2009, considerably reinforced the powers of the European Parliament. This article examines towhat extent the European Parliament has become an important actor in EU counter-ter... Read More about The european parliament in the external dimension of EU counter-terrorism: More actorness, accountability and oversight 10 years on?.

The governance of justice and internal security in Scotland: Between the Scottish independence referendum and British decisions on the EU (2014)
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This article examines how the governance of justice and internal security in Scotland could be affected by the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014. The article argues that it is currently impossible to equate a specific... Read More about The governance of justice and internal security in Scotland: Between the Scottish independence referendum and British decisions on the EU.

The development of the EU asylum policy: Venue-shopping in perspective (2012)
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The development of the EU asylum and migration policy is often explained as the result of ‘venue-shopping’, that is, the move by policy-makers to an EU policy venue in order to avoid national constraints. This article demonstrates that, contrary to w... Read More about The development of the EU asylum policy: Venue-shopping in perspective.