TY - JOUR AU - Mustafa Ali Sezal AB - This article seeks to understand which actors desire securitisation or its opposite, desecuritisation, of technology. The contribution of this research is twofold. Firstly, securitisation of technology has implications for understanding defence and security in contemporary Europe. Secondly, identifying the actors involved in (de)securitisation allows for the analysis of their different roles in determining security discourses around technologies. The article builds on the literature on securitisation theory. BT - Informa UK Limited DA - 2023-10-02 DO - 10.1080/14702436.2023.2277456 N1 - Then it explores the EU-level export control regimes and afterwards focuses on a single case study of the Netherlands both as representative of smaller European states with an SME-heavy defence sector and as an example of an expanded export control regime by a member state. To conduct the analysis, I use the data obtained through a workshop with representatives of Dutch defence companies as well as a survey that has been answered by security and defence experts. N2 - This article seeks to understand which actors desire securitisation or its opposite, desecuritisation, of technology. The contribution of this research is twofold. Firstly, securitisation of technology has implications for understanding defence and security in contemporary Europe. Secondly, identifying the actors involved in (de)securitisation allows for the analysis of their different roles in determining security discourses around technologies. The article builds on the literature on securitisation theory. PY - 2023 T2 - Informa UK Limited TI - Security-defence nexus in flux: (De)securitisation of technology in the Netherlands UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702436.2023.2277456#abstract SN - 1470-2436 ER -