The act of violence of 9/11 changed the global security agenda, catapulting terrorism to the
top of the agenda. Weapons of mass destruction grabbed public interest and controlling the …

This comprehensive, up to date and theoretically informed text examines the full range of the
European Union's external relations including the Common Foreign and Security Policy. It …

This paper develops a typology of strategies used by political actors to place issues on the
Europena Union (EU) agenda. In doing so, it builds on a theoretically derived twofold …

In the midst of the war on terror and unilateral US security politics, many observers look to
Europe for alternatives. It is argued that Europe is particularly opposed to preemptive …

This article analyses how the British political elite has securitised migration and asylum
since 9/11 by looking at when and how parliamentary debates linked counter-terrorism to …

EU security governance assesses the effectiveness of the EU as a security actor. The book
has two distinct features. Firstly, it is the first systematic study of the different economic …

Although there is a vast body of literature covering the ongoing debates concerning the
novelty and gravity of the contemporary terrorist threat, as well as the most appropriate …

This article proposes an explanation as to why institutional change–understood as more
competences for the European Union's supranational institutions–has rarely led to policy …

This article explores the recent and significant growth of European Union cooperation on
counter-terrorism by drawing upon the concept of 'collective securitisation'. It highlights how …

Bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines, this volume examines
developments in the policing of transnational protest since the late 1990s. Using case …