An Exploration of the Mechanism of Weaponized Interdependence:Sources of Power and Policy Practices
The world's understanding towards interdependence is shifting towards a prevailing sense of"insecurity".This article intends to explore the recent emergence of the so-called"weap-onization of interdependence"and analyze,from the perspective of the initiating country,the underlying reasons for a nation's ability to convert interdependence into confrontational tools.It is believed that the initiating nation's strategic advantage within the interdependent network and its capacity of strategically severing ties constitute the bedrock of power upon which this weaponization rests.These forms of power can be further classified into three types,that is,market-based,resource-based and channel-based power,and the country that weaponizes interdependent relations employs different policy tools in response to the a-bove three types of power.In the case study,the authors select two highly publicized and differentiated cases concerning how the EU and its member states weaponized their interde-pendence with Russia at different periods to certify the reliability and validity of the theoret-ical framework proposed by this article.
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