The collective securitisation of cyberspace in the European Union

Christou, George

doi:10.1080/01402382.2018.1510195

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“…These findings contribute to debates on both the governance of cyberspace in Europe (e.g. Carrapico and Barrinha, 2017;Christou, 2019;Hansen and Nissenbaum, 2009) and the constitution of structural power more broadly (Barnett and Duvall, 2005;Guzzini, 1993;Weiss and Weiss, 2005). First, the paper has expanded the applicability of securitization approaches to the study of European integration as it has modified these theoretical tools and applied them beyond the EU's governance of migration and terrorism (Huysmans, 2002;Watson, 2009).…”

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“…This supplements existing studies that have focused on securitization at the EU level (e.g. Christou, 2019). The two countries are adequate cases to analyze the securitization of cyberspace discourse in the EU because they can be assumed to represent typical instances of the two extremes of a continuum.…”

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“…Given this essentially contested nature, formalized power struggles, such as legislating cybersecurity instruments, are not the only matters of relevance (Carrapico and Barrinha, 2017;Christou, 2019), one also needs to explore the so-called invisible hand of power (Moe, 2019). The premise is that the historically constituted political context shapes structural positions that privilege some actors' exercise of authority (Guzzini, 1993), while designating other actors to obey and follow the set rules.…”

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Who Should Be in Charge of Cyberspace? The European Union, Member States and the Constitution of Structural Power

Weiss

2020

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Cyberspace has evolved as a domain of overlapping and essentially contested authorities. This paper seeks to explore the underlying power dynamics between supranational and national actors within the European Union. I argue that, historically, the persistent securitization of cyberspace has constituted structural power positions that privilege member states and grant them the responsibility of formulating policy responses to new challenges. An empirical analysis of more than 500 speech acts collected from public discourse in Germany and the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2017 shows, however, that securitization has not freed governments from normal politics. Calls for exceptional policies have been vague. The conceptual link between securitization and structural power thus allows for a differentiated view as to who should be in charge of cyberspace. These findings contribute to a better understanding of today's cyberpolitics and the historical constitution of structural power within Europe.

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Who Should Be in Charge of Cyberspace? The European Union, Member States and the Constitution of Structural Power

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2020

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“…European Border and Coast Guard as independent EU agencies represent a continuing trend of agencification of the AFSJ and its gradual institutionalisation. Cyber law-making awkwardly traverses the AFSJ incompletely and demonstrates its challenges in this regard (Christou, 2019).…”

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Institutionalising EU Cyber Law: Can the EU Institutionalise Its Many Subjects and Objects?

Fahey

2020

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“…The European Union (EU) has also been active in both areas, effectively setting global standards (cf. Charlemagne, 2020;Christou, 2019;Den Boer, 2015;Faulhaber, 2010;O'Neill, 2010). The most recent example of EU legislation in the area of personal data security has been the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (European Parliament and Council of EU (CoE), 2016).…”

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Czech backlash against the GDPR: A small state’s mismatch between domestic and international priorities

Kadlecová

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2020

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This article is an exploratory study of the Czech response to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It employs the perspective of the small state literature to analyse the activities of a small European Union (EU) member state’s government that had to face a mismatch between its policy priorities and policy framing at the EU and domestic level. The article focuses on the arguably common situation of a small state’s government failing to shape a policy internationally and facing a backlash at home. On the basis of a qualitative study of primary and secondary sources as well as semi-structured interviews, the article explores how the Czech debate on GDPR prioritised the bureaucratic burden and costs resulting from the GDPR implementation over the need for privacy as an integral part of human dignity highlighted at the EU level. The article identifies two crucial factors as the basis of the popular backlash against GDPR in Czechia, the lack of prioritisation and the insufficient bureaucratic capacity. These two factors, widely identified in the literature as factors influencing small states’ performance, contributed to the Czech inability to shape GDPR at the European level, as well as the lacking information campaign and implementation domestically.

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The collective securitisation of cyberspace in the European Union

Cited by 33 publications

References 9 publications

Who Should Be in Charge of Cyberspace? The European Union, Member States and the Constitution of Structural Power

Who Should Be in Charge of Cyberspace? The European Union, Member States and the Constitution of Structural Power

Institutionalising EU Cyber Law: Can the EU Institutionalise Its Many Subjects and Objects?

Czech backlash against the GDPR: A small state’s mismatch between domestic and international priorities

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