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Politics of de-risking: how the EU confronts vulnerabilities in critical digital infrastructures
Sandra Bandemer, Benjamin Daßler, Berthold Rittberger, Moritz Weiss, Kathrin Will
TL;DR: It is argued that different risk structures translate into different types of threats, which in turn shape the EU's de-risking approaches, and that threats of intrusion and threats of exclusion influence the EU's de-risking strategies in the critical area of CDI and beyond.
ABSTRACT Rising geopolitical tensions are compelling the European Union (EU) to address vulnerabilities arising from external dependencies. The EU has thus embraced a policy of economic de-risking in sensitive policy fields, such as critical digital infrastructures (CDI). However…