@article{2022:bartenstein:vom_friede,
title = {Vom Friedensprojekt zur Sicherheitsgarantin? Das neue Schutzversprechen der Europäischen Union in Zeiten existenzieller Ungewissheit},
year = {2022},
note = {This article analyses how and to what extent a new guiding narrative
of European integration manifests itself in recent self-portrayals of
the European Union (EU) as a guarantor of security and protection.
This image creates and reproduces specific conceptions of the EU’s
self and its fundamental “raison d'être”. The article shows that
security in this context does not primarily denote the defense against
concrete threats to the physical security of European citizens or
critical infrastructures in a specific policy field. Rather, security
is understood as a societal value that includes a much broader and
more fundamental promise of stability, comfort and certainty in times
perceived as crisis-ridden. The image of the EU as a guardian of
comprehensive security and protection thus represents an attempt to
provide a response to a widespread perception of a fundamental, often
diffuse anxiety regarding the EU’s own ability to cope with current
and future challenges facing European societies.},
journal = {integration},
pages = {257--274},
author = {Bartenstein, Aline and Hegemann, Hendrik and Merschel, Oliver},
volume = {45},
number = {4}
}