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Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China
This research responds to an increasing volume of scholarly literature unpacking the recent dynamics of EU foreign policy discourses and practices vis-à-vis China. Drawing on the theoretical approach of collective securitisation, this article shows that EU foreign policy towards China since the mid-...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8496888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34642582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10308-021-00640-4 |
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author | Chen, Xuechen Gao, Xinchuchu |
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description | This research responds to an increasing volume of scholarly literature unpacking the recent dynamics of EU foreign policy discourses and practices vis-à-vis China. Drawing on the theoretical approach of collective securitisation, this article shows that EU foreign policy towards China since the mid-2010s has witnessed increasing collective securitisation moves directed at multiple policy frames, including Asian regional security frame, economic security frame, political security frame and information and technology and cybersecurity frame. The EU’s attempts to securitise China as an existential threat across multiple issue areas have been triggered by a combination of long-term trends and specific sets of precipitating events, which contributed to galvanising the EU’s collective securitising discourses and subsequent policy initiatives. However, this research finds that the EU’s securitising moves and relevant speech acts have not resulted in a coherent audience response among the EU member states. The divergent views held by the EU’s internal audience on whether China should be perceived as an existential threat have hampered the implementation of the EU’s collective policy outputs. |
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spelling | pubmed-84968882021-10-08 Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China Chen, Xuechen Gao, Xinchuchu Asia Eur J Original Paper This research responds to an increasing volume of scholarly literature unpacking the recent dynamics of EU foreign policy discourses and practices vis-à-vis China. Drawing on the theoretical approach of collective securitisation, this article shows that EU foreign policy towards China since the mid-2010s has witnessed increasing collective securitisation moves directed at multiple policy frames, including Asian regional security frame, economic security frame, political security frame and information and technology and cybersecurity frame. The EU’s attempts to securitise China as an existential threat across multiple issue areas have been triggered by a combination of long-term trends and specific sets of precipitating events, which contributed to galvanising the EU’s collective securitising discourses and subsequent policy initiatives. However, this research finds that the EU’s securitising moves and relevant speech acts have not resulted in a coherent audience response among the EU member states. The divergent views held by the EU’s internal audience on whether China should be perceived as an existential threat have hampered the implementation of the EU’s collective policy outputs. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-10-07 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8496888/ /pubmed/34642582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10308-021-00640-4 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Chen, Xuechen Gao, Xinchuchu Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China |
title | Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China |
title_full | Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China |
title_fullStr | Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China |
title_short | Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China |
title_sort | analysing the eu’s collective securitisation moves towards china |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8496888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34642582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10308-021-00640-4 |
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