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Sociotechnical Imaginaries of EU Defence: The Past and the Future in the European Defence Fund

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  • Bruno Oliveira Martins
  • Jocelyn Mawdsley

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In this article we investigate how a particular vision of the future of EU defence has embedded itself into different arenas of EU politics over decades, and is currently gaining material expression in the European Defence Fund (EDF). Through an historiographic approach, we traced the development of a particular narrative on security, innovation, research, and economic growth based on fears of technology gaps and dependence on the US, and a belief in the potential of military R&D to produce civilian benefits. We provide an alternative reading of the emergence of the EDF by drawing on literature within Science and Technology Studies, in particular the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries, to highlight wider socio‐political dimensions of defence technologies and expand debates on EU defence.

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  • Bruno Oliveira Martins & Jocelyn Mawdsley, 2021. "Sociotechnical Imaginaries of EU Defence: The Past and the Future in the European Defence Fund," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(6), pages 1458-1474, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:59:y:2021:i:6:p:1458-1474
    DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13197
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