The dual-use security dilemma and the social construction of insecurity

IF 4 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Contemporary Security Policy Pub Date : 2021-01-06 DOI:10.1080/13523260.2020.1866845

Amir Lupovici

引用次数: 7

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this article I introduce the concept of the “dual-use security dilemma,” specifically through elaborating on two main aspects that shape this dilemma. First, inspired by traditional security scholarship, I focus on the spiral dynamics of actors responding to the insecurities raised by dual-use technologies that affect this type of dilemma. Second, I further develop a securitization reading of the traditional security dilemma, tracing how social constructions of insecurities and the justification of extraordinary measures affect the dynamics of the security dilemma. Combining these two aspects, I suggest that enunciators shape the dynamics of the dual-use security dilemma by using specific rationales of insecurity to mobilize support for measures against opponents holding dual-use technologies, whose response further fuels insecurity that spirals over time. The innovative theoretical and policy implications of this research become especially important given the rise of dual-use cyber technologies.

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双重安全困境与不安全的社会建构

摘要在本文中，我引入了“军民两用安全困境”的概念，特别是通过阐述造成这一困境的两个主要方面。首先，受传统安全学术的启发，我关注的是行动者对影响这种困境的两用技术带来的不安全感做出反应的螺旋式动态。其次，我进一步发展了对传统安全困境的证券化解读，追溯了不安全的社会结构和非常措施的正当性如何影响安全困境的动态。结合这两个方面，我建议宣言者利用不安全的具体理由，动员支持针对持有双重用途技术的反对者的措施，从而塑造双重用途安全困境的动态，这些反对者的反应进一步加剧了随着时间的推移而加剧的不安全。鉴于两用网络技术的兴起，这项研究的创新理论和政策意义变得尤为重要。

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Contemporary Security Policy Multiple-

CiteScore

14.60

自引率

6.80%

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期刊介绍： One of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in international conflict and security, Contemporary Security Policy promotes theoretically-based research on policy problems of armed conflict, intervention and conflict resolution. Since it first appeared in 1980, CSP has established its unique place as a meeting ground for research at the nexus of theory and policy. Spanning the gap between academic and policy approaches, CSP offers policy analysts a place to pursue fundamental issues, and academic writers a venue for addressing policy. Major fields of concern include: War and armed conflict Peacekeeping Conflict resolution Arms control and disarmament Defense policy Strategic culture International institutions. CSP is committed to a broad range of intellectual perspectives. Articles promote new analytical approaches, iconoclastic interpretations and previously overlooked perspectives. Its pages encourage novel contributions and outlooks, not particular methodologies or policy goals. Its geographical scope is worldwide and includes security challenges in Europe, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. Authors are encouraged to examine established priorities in innovative ways and to apply traditional methods to new problems.