The paradox of semiconductors—EU governance between sovereignty and interdependence
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F48546054%3A_____%2F25%3AN0000006" target="_blank" >RIV/48546054:_____/25:N0000006 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2024.2405915" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2024.2405915</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2024.2405915" target="_blank" >10.1080/09557571.2024.2405915</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The paradox of semiconductors—EU governance between sovereignty and interdependence
Original language description
Semiconductors are among the most important technologies for the digital society and a core technology of the European Union (EU)'s digital sovereignty agenda. The main argument of this article is that the governance of semiconductors is shaped by an inherent tension. On the one hand, this governance is embedded in the agenda of digital sovereignty, suggesting some form of autarky is possible. On the other hand, the production of semiconductors is necessarily globally distributed. This study draws on critical infrastructure literature, which enables us to explore how semiconductors are loaded with values that are inscribed via digital sovereignty. In the case of semiconductors, digital sovereignty works as a tool for legitimising trade, economic and research policies. The need for a strong semiconductor industry in the EU and the globalised nature of threats against the supply chain are acknowledged simultaneously. In turn, subsidising global corporations has turned out to be the natural response. Politically, it becomes difficult to contest these subsidies, as well as the underlying assumption concerning future innovation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-06346S" target="_blank" >GA23-06346S: Digital Sovereignty and Central Europe</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
ISSN
0955-7571
e-ISSN
1474-449X
Volume of the periodical
38
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
3-21
UT code for WoS article
001320495500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105001959854