Security Politics

• We trace the "regulatory security state", in particular in Europe. We also study arms control of dual use technologies and cooptation in the nuclear non-proliferation regime.

Publications

• Daßler, B., & Weiß, M. (2025). Beyond the European army illusion: A prudent strategy for the real European Zeitenwende. Journal of Common Market Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.70029
• Johansen, A., & Kruck, A. (2025). The competence–control trade-off in military AI innovation: Autonomous weapons systems and shifting modes of state control over private experts. European Journal of International Security. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2025.10020
• Kruck, A., & Weiss, M. (2023). The regulatory security state in Europe. Journal of European Public Policy, 30(7), 1205–1229. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2023.2172061
• Kruck, A., & Weiss, M. (2025). Disentangling Leviathan on its home turf: Authority foundations, policy instruments, and the making of security. Regulation & Governance, 19(1), 146–160. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12594