Security provision in and beyond Europe: transformed narratives and roles in times of interregnum.
Current geopolitics are shifting, with experts debating whether it should be understood as a multiplex world order, an interregnum or a rupture for middle powers. Security provision—understood here as the collective act of supplying security for oneself and others, typically at a regional or global...
| Published in: | International Affairs Vol. 102; no. 4; pp. 1109 - 1119 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=195222515&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 195222515 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00205850 INA jtl: International Affairs issn: 00205850 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2026 vid: 102 iid: 4 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195222515 10.1093/ia/iiag090 ppf: 1109 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Security provision in and beyond Europe: transformed narratives and roles in times of interregnum. aug: au: Wolff, Sarah Pomorska, Karolina Whitman, Richard G affil: Institute of History, Leiden University, Huizinga Doelensteeg 16, 2311 VL Leiden, Netherlands Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands School of Economics, Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom su: Europe Ukraine Geopolitics Security management Europe-Great Britain relations British withdrawal from the European Union, 2016-2020 Narratives sug: subj: Geopolitics Europe Ukraine Security management Europe-Great Britain relations British withdrawal from the European Union, 2016-2020 Narratives keyword: copyrightHolder:The Royal Institute of International Affairs copyrightYear:2026 inLanguage:en narratives NATO publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag090 Security socialization United Kingdom copyrightHolder:The Royal Institute of International Affairs copyrightYear:2026 inLanguage:en narratives NATO publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag090 Security socialization United Kingdom ab: Current geopolitics are shifting, with experts debating whether it should be understood as a multiplex world order, an interregnum or a rupture for middle powers. Security provision—understood here as the collective act of supplying security for oneself and others, typically at a regional or global level—is also undergoing transformation. The escalation of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran have profoundly disrupted and reconfigured regional security arrangements both within and beyond Europe. This special section seeks to evidence what role conceptualizations, narratives and perceptions play in times of geopolitical interregnum. It makes four main contributions. First, the notion of 'permanent emergency' is a structuring condition for European security provision, with a continuous adaptation in which the interregnum is not a transitional passage to a new stable order but a durable feature of the international environment. This explains why narratives on security provision have become more fluid and can coexist in spite of normative divergences. Second, analysis of socialization around security provision shows that informalization and social power remain key elements. Third, the agency of third countries as recipients of narratives is key to their success. And fourth, a theme running through is how European security provision has been affected by Brexit. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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