Security capitalism

What are we doing?

The political debates surrounding "derisking", secondary sanctions, economic resilience and trade wars are putting geoeconomics prominently on the political and scientific agenda. The research group uses the term security capitalism to indicate the increasing overlap between security and economics, thus linking the fields of security (Professor Hoffmann), political economy (Professor Kessler), law (Professor Riegner) and public policy (Professor Goldthau). The joint research interest focusses on the question of how security policy relates to capitalist value creation. Among other things, the aim is to better understand the close interaction between private and state actors in areas such as security apparatuses, the energy industry, global supply chains and financial markets, and to analyse their political motivations and effects.