Academic article
Under the Surface: Subsea Infrastructure and Everyday Geoeconomics in the European Union
Written by
Lars Gjesvik
Senior Research Fellow
Øyvind Svendsen
Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Research Group on Global Order and Diplomacy
Ed.
Summary:
The European Union (EU) is undergoing a geoeconomic shift driven by concerns over its global position, geopolitical tensions and the need for strategic autonomy. Scholars have studied various parts of this ‘geoeconomic turn’ aiming to secure Europe's position in the world. Whilst research has not reached a consensus on the timing of this geoeconomic shift, it is largely depicted as a novel phenomenon through analysis of emerging strategies and policy instruments.
This article departs from the analytical perspective of geoeconomic practices and how lower level bureaucrats engage in what we label ‘everyday geoeconomics’: the routinized practices through which agents such as civil servants and industry actors enact, reproduce and negotiate geoeconomic agency in ordinary activities.
This article departs from the analytical perspective of geoeconomic practices and how lower level bureaucrats engage in what we label ‘everyday geoeconomics’: the routinized practices through which agents such as civil servants and industry actors enact, reproduce and negotiate geoeconomic agency in ordinary activities.
- Published year: 2026
- Full version: Read here
- Language: English
- Journal: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies