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The Economy–Security Nexus: Risk, Strategic Autonomy and the Regulation of the Semiconductor Supply Chain

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Ben FarrandORCiD

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Abstract

The EU’s policies in the field of technology broadly defined are increasingly marked by a concern over strategic autonomy, and Europe’s place in the world. Regulatory interventions are framed in terms of ‘digital sovereignty’, with the Commission seeking to ensure that external dependencies are reduced with the aim of increasing the EU’s resilience to geopolitical instability and external shocks. Using the case study of semiconductors, the chips that power modern electronic devices, this article explores how technology policy in the EU sits at the economy-security nexus, in which economic goals and security goals are interdependent and inseparable. Focusing on the life cycle of the semiconductor supply chain from the control over natural resources through to the cybersecurity requirements placed on the finished products, this article demonstrates the increasing security logic embedded within a burgeoning industrial technology policy.

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Author(s): Farrand B

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: European Journal of Risk Regulation

Year: 2024

Pages: epub ahead of print

Online publication date: 14/10/2024

Acceptance date: 16/07/2024

Date deposited: 16/08/2024

ISSN (print): 1867-299X

ISSN (electronic): 2190-8249

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/err.2024.63

DOI: 10.1017/err.2024.63

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