Balancing European Security Governance: Policy Networks and Correlates of Deliberate Harm

by Kostyantyn Zakharenko¹ and Hanna Strohanova^2
1 National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (Kyiv, Ukraine)
² National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/phil-cosm/28/11
Received: 30 October 2021 / Accepted: 29 November 2021 / Published: 27 January 2022

The proposed study reveals the features of the pressure from policy networks on the safety and security governance of states and intergovernmental organizations. The authors explore the current definitions of “policy networks,” which assert them as important actors in global, regional and national security, as well as correlates of deliberate harm, which are a consequence of policy networks activities. The authors developed and suggested a method for evaluating the pressure from policy networks on safety and security governance based on the dichotomy of non-malicious versus malicious intent. A rigorous model of accountability and evaluation of policy network actors is proposed, which aims to balance the governance of European security and strengthen civil society control over the regulatory and executive actions of formal and informal policy networks actors.

Keywords: policy networks, risk and safety studies, deliberate harm, EU security governance, threat assessment

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