Losing Leverage’ in the Neighbourhood
A Cognitive Frame Analysis of the European Union Migration Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9976478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jyri J Jäntti (0000-0002-8718-6498, Tallinn University, corresponding author), Benjamin Klasche (0000-0001-6209-6974, Tallinn University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 302-323 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8817 • E-ISSN: 0973-0702 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00208817211030643 |
| OpenAlex | W3198647823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
The European Union (EU)–Turkey deal consolidated a shift in the EU’s migration policy. The deal is the culmination of the dominance of the security frame and depicts the continuous externalization of the EU’s responsibility of asylum protection and burden sharing. The strengthening of the security frame has weakened the humanitarian norms that previously dictated EU’s behaviour. This has led to the EU losing some of its comparative advantages in negotiations. Simultaneously, the instrumentalization of the value of asylum, paired with an increased number of asylum seekers, has given negotiation leverage to the neighbouring countries turned service providers. These changes in perception and norms have created a power shift, at the disadvantage of the EU, creating a more leveled playing field for negotiations between the parties. This article tracks the historical shifts in the global refugee regime to explain how today’s situation was created. Hereby, the existence of two competing cognitive frames—humanitarian and security—is assumed, tracked and analysed. While looking at the EU–Turkey deal, the article shows that the EU has started treating refugees as a security problem rather than a humanitarian issue, breaking the normative fabric of the refugee regime in the process. The article also displays how Turkey was able to capitalise on this new reality and engage with negotiations of other neighbouring countries of EU that point towards a change of dynamics in the global refugee regime
Business · Economic system · Economics · European union · International trade · Leverage (statistics · Negotiation · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Turkey's Politics and Society
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Burden Sharing and Refugee Protection
Political Theory, Ethics, and Forced Migration
National Responsibility and Global Justice
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Security
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Under the guise of resilience
Burden-sharing during refugee emergencies
Europe’s wicked legitimacy crisis
Asylum policy
Imagined (Security) Communities
Human Security
Migrant rescue as organized hypocrisy
Rethinking Security after the Cold War
Toward a Psychology of Framing Effects
The role of cognitive and normative frames in policy-making
Anarchy is what states make of it
On Acting and Knowing
Refugees and the Spread of Civil War
Culture, Strategy and Foreign Policy Change
Constructing National Interests
A pragmatist defence of rationalism
Europe as a global actor
Deaths, Borders, and the Exception
Coping with the Libyan migration crisis
We've Been Framed! A Focus on Identity and Interaction for a Better Vision of Racialized Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |