Emerging Security Technologies and EU Governance: Actors, Practices and Processes

This book explores the European governance of emerging security technologies, such as drones, autonomous robotics, artificial intelligence, cyber, and biotechnologies, emphasizing the relational configurations among different state and non-state actors. It examines the complex interplay of power relations, interests, and framings surrounding the development of policies and strategies for the use of these technologies and identifies the actors involved in their governance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The emergence of cutting-edge security technologies, including drones, autonomous robotics, artificial intelligence, cyber, and biotechnologies, has ignited global discussions on their potential uses, risks, and benefits across both civilian and security-related domains. In response, this comprehensive volume delves into the concept of governance as an analytical framework and tool to examine how these emerging security technologies are governed in practice within the European Union (EU). It emphasizes the intricate web of relationships among various state and non-state actors involved in shaping policies and strategies for the deployment of these technologies. By drawing from European governance, the book explores the complex interplay of power dynamics, interests, and framing that shape the development of policies and strategies related to new security technologies.

The work employs a range of conceptual tools to shed light on how diverse technologies are integrated into EU policy frameworks. Each contribution identifies the key actors involved in the governance of specific technology sectors, their multilevel institutional and corporate configurations, as well as the competing forces, values, ethical and legal considerations, security imperatives, and economic interests at play.

This book holds immense value for students and scholars in the fields of science and technology studies, security studies, and EU policy. Chapter 11, in particular, is made freely accessible as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, with a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. This allows for widespread access and dissemination of valuable insights into the governance of emerging security technologies within the EU.

Weight: 480g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367510985