The governance of security in the enlarged European Union

Abstract

The re-configuration in the international relations of Europe which has emerged since the end of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century has been one in which states and organisations have re-positioned themselves and taken on new roles and responsibilities. Alongside this re-configuration of actors and institutions there has been a consideration of the nature of security and security challenges. The perceived changing nature of security post-9/11, post-NATO and post EU-enlargements raises questions both as to the processes through which such changes have taken place but also the perceptions of actors and institutions engaged in this re-configuration. What are the governing structures of security in early 21st Century Europe, who are the governors, and what are the processes of security governance? To what extent can existing methods of analysis be utilised, amended, or need to be discarded to explain and understand the governance of security in Europe? Can the literature on governance be usefully deployed to comprehend how policy that encompasses security is formulated and implemented? In this panel we are looking for empirical and theoretical contributions that explore the manner in which security is currently governed in Europe. There are a number of questions that papers might seek to address: How can we explain the emergence of new modes of security governance in Europe? What are the roles of the institutions and actors involved in security governance in contemporary Europe? To what extent does the management of security in Europe embrace a variety of ‘new’ actors as security itself has become re-defined? What has been the process through which there has been the emergence of new roles and actors in security governance processes? How and where have the boundaries of a ‘European’ security governance and security order been defined and re-defined? What are the problem-solving capacities of different modes and forms of European security governance? How does this compare with arrangements in other regions? What are consequences for European governance and European integration in general by developments in security in Europe?

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