Call for Panels and Papers

Section: Addressing Emerging Security Challenges: What Role for the

Nation-State?

WISC Sixth Global International Studies Conference, 15.-17.07.2020, Buenos

Aires

Section Chairs:

Jakob Landwehr, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

jakob.landwehr@phil.tu-chemnitz.de

Alexandra Paulus, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

alexandra.paulus@s2017.tu-chemnitz.de

Languages: English and Portuguese

Section Abstract:

International security has so far not figured prominently in governance research

(Krahmann 2003 and Kacowicz & Press-Barnathan 2016 being notable exceptions).
Instead, debates on mechanisms of coordination and cooperation beyond the nation-
state (Ansell & Torfing 2016) have predominantly focused on the European Union’s
multi-level governance (Schakel, Hooghe & Marks 2015) or the governance of common
public goods like climate policy (Kuyper, Linnér & Schroeder 2017).

This gap is surprising because emerging security challenges fundamentally change or

question the ability of the nation-state to formulate and implement effective policy
responses. One example is the nation-state’s so far limited ability to address cyberse-
curity challenges through the construction of norms or cyber arms control (Maness &
Valeriano 2015). Therefore, this section aims to explore the role of the nation-state vis-
à-vis other actors, institutions, and instruments of global governance in addressing
emerging security challenges.

We invite qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods data-driven research, as well

as theoretical reflections. Potential emerging security challenges to be addressed re-
garding the role of the nation-state include climate change, emerging technologies,
migration, public health, sustainable development, and transnational terrorism and
violent radicalization. Contributions could analyze the role of the nation-state in ad-
dressing these emerging security challenges regarding the relationship with non-state
actors like the private sector, civil society, and proxies, and how multilateral global
governance institutions or instruments of global governance like norms shape the na-
tion-state’s scope of action.

Deadline for Abstract Submission: December 15th, 2019

Please find the call, including details on panel and paper submissions, at
https://www.wiscnetwork.net/call-for-papers-and-panels.