THE DEVELOPMENT OF EU CYBERSECURITY POLICY: FROM A COORDINATING ACTOR TO A CYBER POWER?

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Renda K. K.

ANKARA AVRUPA CALISMALARI DERGISI-ANKARA REVIEW OF EUROPEAN STUDIES, vol.21, no.2, pp.467-495, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 21 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2022
• Doi Number: 10.32450/aacd.1226890
• Journal Name: ANKARA AVRUPA CALISMALARI DERGISI-ANKARA REVIEW OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
• Journal Indexes: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.467-495
• Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Abstract

The aim of the article is to elaborate on the institutional and normative 

evolution of the European Union (EU) cybersecurity policy. The article primarily 

argues that the EU’s approach to cyberspace has recently focused on economic and 

security concerns. Secondly, the article contends that the actorness of the EU in the 

cyberspace has been evolved from a coordinating role to a more powerful one. The 

article is structured as follows: In the first part of the article, the literature on the 

EU’s actorness in cyberspace is reviewed. In the second part, the institutional and 

normative development of EU cybersecurity policy is evaluated. Three strategy 

papers published by the European Commission in 2013, 2017, and 2020 are 

elaborated, respectively.