Mai’a K. Davis Cross. 2011. Security Integration in Europe – How Knowledge-Based Networks are transforming the European Union
Mai’a K. Davis Cross. 2011. Security Integration in Europe – How Knowledge-Based Networks are transforming the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The mainstream IR theories usually assume that security policies represent the last bastion of state sovereignty, and that states are not willing to give it up very easily. On the other hand, the citizens of the European Union are bearing witness to the fact that certain policies that traditionally would have been connected to the state governance are now being conducted by the EU-level actors. Asylum, migrations, EU civilian missions in third countries, to mention just a few – represent examples of supranational and integrated security policies. Indeed, new theoretical approaches are now appearing so these unexpected processes could be examined. In her book Security Integration in Europe – how knowledge-based networks are transforming the European Union Mai’a K. Davis Cross argues that epistemic communities stand behind a large number of initiatives that led to the security integration in the EU. These communities are the “invisible” actors that push towards integration in these problematic areas.

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