The Logic of Pan-securitization: A Investigation of the EU’s Resilience Construction Policy

Abstract

The Resilience Building Policy(RBP) of the European Union is in the alienation stage of Pan-securitization. Until 2020, EU’s RBP is based on risk response to address national vulnerabilities. However, after the EU thought about economic issues from the perspective of security, its RBP began to Pan-securitization alienation, and the de-risking policies is a typical representative of this alienation. The construction of Pan-securitization has the following three continuous mechanisms: 1. Narrative Construction; 2. Agenda Setting; 3. Policy Expansion. Based on this theoretical framework, we can find that EU’s conflictual narrative has shaped the policy consensus for the de-risking policies. On this basis, relevant the EU actors strive to promote the de-risking agenda into the policy process and become policy outcome; Finally, policy diffusion both inside and outside of the EU further promotes the implementation of de-risking policies. Overall, a shift from risk-based to threat-based Pan-securitization resilience building is practically difficult to achieve its policy objectives.