Karsten Friis
Karsten Friis er forsker 1 i Forskningsgruppen for sikkerhet og forsvar.Hans forskningsområder er sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitikk i Europa, med ve...
Ulf Sverdrup
Ulf Sverdrup var i perioden 2011-2023 direktør på NUPI. Han har doktorgrad i statsvitenskap fra Universitetet i Oslo. Sverdrup har vært professor...
The Confessional State in International Politics: Tudor England, Religion, and the Eclipse of Dynasticism
Comparing the Democratization of Intelligence Governance in East Central Europe and the Balkans
Corruption in Post-Conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo: A Deal Among Friends
US mainland, EU archipelago? Convergence and Divergence on Transnational Organized Crime
The fight against organized crime has become a top security priority for the European Union (EU). While a new policy area is emerging, it is difficult to understand who is in lead and how the process develops. This article delves into the post-Lisbon EU security model, exploring how Washington and Brussels collaborate in combating organized crime in a context of changing definitions, actors and policies. It argues that US definitions, operational models and policies influence EU institutional thinking and policies, shifting the emphasis from prevention and rule of law to execution and intelligence. The dynamics of policy convergence and divergence on criminal matters in the transatlantic community reflect tectonic shifts in the deepest levels of thinking security in the West, affecting the moulding of a European security identity.