Frontex goes global: A two‐level experimentalist governance analysis of Frontex's international action and its role within the externalisation of EU borders

Abstract

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has progressively expanded its international footprint by collaborating with non‐European Union (EU) partners to enhance the management and security of the EU's external borders. This article examines the development of Frontex's external relations through a two‐level experimentalist governance lens and considers its impact on the EU's externalisation policy. The article contends that Frontex has enhanced its international profile in a context where EU policy actors' allocated goals have remained vague. The agency has had considerable autonomy in implementing these goals and has actively broadened its operational scope. The accountability dimension of Frontex's external relations, however, remains an important concern. To address this challenge, the article advocates greater transparency and disclosure, along with increased parliamentary and public oversight of Frontex.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cep4.7
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Politics, History and International Relations
College of Business and Social Sciences
Additional Information: © 2024 The Authors. Contemporary European Politics published by University Association of Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Uncontrolled Keywords: externalisation of border controls,experimentalist governance,autonomy,Frontex
Publication ISSN: 2833-0188
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2024 13:40
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2024 09:16
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2024-03
Published Online Date: 2024-02-05
Accepted Date: 2023-12-06
Submitted Date: 2023-06-26
Authors: Zhong, Yichen (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-4677-1009)
Carrapico, Helena

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