Raluca Csernatoni, Alicia Wanless
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The EU’s Hegemonic Imaginaries: From European Strategic Autonomy in Defense to Technological Sovereignty
Once limited to the state level, terms like “strategic autonomy” and “sovereignty” are now commonly used in the supranational EU context, including in the field of defence, tech, and digital. The meaning of these terms is not yet fixed but rather articulated via hegemonic interventions across various interconnected policy fields.
About the Author
Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Raluca Csernatoni is a fellow at Carnegie Europe, where she specializes on European security and defense, as well as emerging disruptive technologies.
- Assessing Information Ecosystems: How Governments Can Get Ahead of Hybrid ThreatsPaper
- When AI Agents Attack: Autonomous Cyber Operations and Europe’s Governance GapPaper
Raluca Csernatoni, Patryk Pawlak
Recent Work
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