Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Options of organizing security are often determined by how it is conceived. The paper focuses on how European security has been discussed in the European Parliament in response to the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Drawing on parliamentary debates and meaning-making of security, we construct a threefold argument. Firstly, when MEPs discuss whose security needs to be addressed, we observe no significant changes between 2014 and 2022, but a decrease in the imagined distance between the EU and Ukraine and increase in the animosity toward Russia. Secondly, we show that security is continuously defined more broadly and extends to issues such as food, cyber, and civilian security. Finally, organizing security is increasingly viewed in competitive terms as opposed to a cooperative approach with Russia and has a strong focus on the EU’s independent agency in 2022.
Source: International Politics
Authors: Levan Kakhishvili, Alina Felder
Institutions: ETH Zurich, University of St.Gallen
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W4404969969