The EU as a global cyber actor

Calderaro, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9518-1099 2025. The EU as a global cyber actor. Lucarelli, Sonia and Sperling, James, eds. Handbook of European Union Governance, London: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 541-554. (10.4337/9781803925189)

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Abstract

In line with the growing centrality of emerging technologies, governance, and security in international politics, the European Union is increasingly embedding its digital agenda into its growing foreign policy strategy. However, owing to the lack of a competitive tech industry, the EU's influence in this domain has traditionally been identified mostly through its regulatory power, implemented to protect its digital market. Beyond this perspective, this chapter identifies the EU's role in key milestones of global emerging technologies governance, from the early stages of internet governance to the latest developments in multilateral negotiations in the domains of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. By focusing on how the EU's involvement in internet governance, digital rights, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty has shaped its current diplomatic competency in this domain, it expands on the EU's growing tech diplomacy capacity and its strategic positioning as a global cyber actor.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cybersecurity, Cyber Diplomacy, EU Foreign Policy, Global Governance, Emerging Technologies
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN:	978 1 80392 517 2
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	29 May 2025
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2025 09:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/178574

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