Jan 2008 – Dec 2011
The aim of the INEX (converging and conflicting ethical values in the internal/external security continuum in Europe) project is to contribute to existing understandings of European security through an innovative analysis of the value based premises and ethical consequences of the internal/external security continuum. While this continuum is studied in ongoing research, it contains essential value assumptions and ethical consequences that have remained largely under-studied, with significant consequences for both European policy and law-making in further security practices. It is the aim of the project to fill this lacuna by supplementing the current state-of-the art research on the continuum with an ethical and value-oriented analysis. Thus, INEX advances and tests the hypothesis that the practices that make up the internal/external security continuum are driven by an implicit logic of ethical values, that these values contribute significantly to structuring the continuum of security practices, and that they consequently have significant implications for the how present and future security policy should be formulated and implemented. The scientific research proposed by INEX is structured in two main phases, designed around two research axes: thematic and geopolitical.
Phase I will seek to document, clarify and analyze the ethical value assumptions implicit in four main dimensions of internal/external security practice: (1) the proliferation of security technologies for surveillance and border control; (2) the transnational legal dilemmas of European security practice; (3) the proliferation and shifting roles of security professionals; (4) the ethical implications of Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) /European Defence and Security Policy (ESDP) implementation and its linkages to internal security challenges. This phase of the research provides the initial conceptualisation of these themes, developed from the empirical examination of security practices in Europe.
Phase II will articulate and evaluate the above ethical themes relative to the provisional results and future ambitions of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) by examining in detail six representative countries covered by the arrangement ENP (Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt). The ENP will serve as the lens through which the geopolitical adaptability of the internal/external security continuum, and the security practices described by the four themes above, is tested on a comparative geographical basis. This work will serve both as a set of transversal test cases evaluating the validity of the principles produced by Phase I and will contribute to correcting and expanding the relation between ethical values and security.
Expected results:
The state-of-the-art research carried out by the project will result in a variety of different outputs aimed primarily at relevant policymakers, researchers and educators. It will present analyses of current security challenges with particular attention given to the human side of the issues. On this basis it will make informed policy recommendations for improving security practices and meeting the new challenges of the internal/external security continuum.
For more information about the project, current activites, events and publications please visit the official INEX homepage.
NOTE: The official INEX homepage is temporarily offline, but we are working to get it back online as soon as possible. All deliverables, policy briefs and milestone reports are available by clicking on the subpages on the right side of this page.
Newsitems, past events and other relevant project information will be available on this page here soon too. Please contact vicack @ prio.no when necessary.
The project Converging and conflicting ethical values in the internal/external security continuum in Europe (INEX) under the EU 7th Framework Program coordinated by PRIO, will host a panel debate on EU security policy-making in the Mediterranean: Consequences in value and ethical terms, at the 2010 World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) in Barcelona on July 20. The panel will be chaired by Prof. Pinar Bilgin from Bilkent University (Ankara) who leads work package 6 (The Mediterranean neighborhood) of the INEX project.
In conjunction with WOCMES, there will be a INEX-workshop hosted by Bilkent University and The Centro de Investigación de relaciones Internacionales y Desarrollo (CIDOB-Foundation). The workshop will bring together experts, practitioners and scholars to discuss the implications of the internal/external security continuum for the countries in the Middle East, with particular emphasis on the Mediterranean neighborhood (Egypt, Algeria and Morocco)
On 11 February, 2010 Institute of European Studies (IES) will host a workshop on behalf of INEX WP4: Ethical issues in the link between external and internal security in CFSP/ESDP. The title of the workshop is: “Ethical issues of CFSP/ESDP in the European borderlands”.
On 11 February, 2010 Institute of European Studies (IES) will host a workshop in Brussels on behalf of INEX WP4: Ethical issues in the link between external and internal security in CFSP/ESDP. The title of the workshop is: “Ethical issues of CFSP/ESDP in the European borderlands”.
The objective of this workshop is to discuss the ethical consequence of the changes in the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) including the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). More specifically, It will examine the value assumptions underlying traditional CFSP/ESDP objectives including SSR, rule of law and peace building; and contrasts these assumptions with the value premises underlying JHA that touch on CFSP and that underline the increasing blurring between internal and external security objectives of EU external relations. Morover, the workshop will also discuss the consequences of these potentially conflicting objectives, including the challenge of civil-military relations. Field experiences from the EU’s missions in Bosnia (EUPM), Kosovo (EULEX) and Georgia (EUMM) will serve as examples of the consequences of conflicting values within specific policies.
The workshop will be co-chaired by Prof. Eva Gross (IES) and J. Peter Burgess (PRIO / IES). Distinguished speakers include:
The workshop is organized within the INEX Project (Conflicting and converging ethical values in the internal/external security continuum in Europe). INEX is coordinated by PRIO and a project under the EU Commission’s 7th Framework Programme. It consists of eight partners including representatives from the security technology industry, academic institutions and universities, as well as security provision services. In large the project aim to address the changing social, cultural and political values that emerge from a shifting relationship between internal and external security in Europe.
The INEX-PRIO coordination team is in Brussels today to host the kick of meeting for the INEX project (Converging and Conflict Ethical Values in the Internal/External Security Continuum in Europe). The project is the first ever European Framework Programme project coordinated by PRIO and the only project in the EU Security theme coordinated by a Norwegian Institute.
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