EU initiatives along the ‘cocaine routes’ to Europe: Fighting drug trafficking and terrorism by proxy?
| Autor: | Eva Magdalena Stambøl |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Modalities Latin Americans business.industry 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology International trade Drug trafficking Geopolitics Proxy (climate) 0506 political science West africa Political science Political Science and International Relations Terrorism 050602 political science & public administration Securitization business |
| Zdroj: | Small Wars & Insurgencies. 27:302-324 |
| ISSN: | 1743-9558 0959-2318 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09592318.2016.1151534 |
| Popis: | While broad scholarly attention has been devoted to the securitization of migration in the ′EU’s relations with neighboring countries, less attention has been given to the ways in which the EU is partnering with third countries to fight other central ′‘unconventional security threats′’, such as terrorism and drug trafficking. This article traces the evolution of EU cooperation on these two issues with countries along the cocaine trafficking routes to Europe, i.e. Latin America and the Caribbean and West Africa. A mapping of EU initiatives and cooperation reveals that not only can a securitization of EU cooperation be observed in both regions, but various ′‘unconventional security threats′’, perceived in geopolitical terms, seem increasingly to serve as drivers for EU external action. The modalities of EU support – through international and regional organizations as well as third countries’ own counter-crime and counter-terrorism capabilities – suggest that the Union is fighting drug trafficking an... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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