Supranational Self‐Empowerment Through Bricolage: The Role of the European Commission in EU Security and Defence
本文提出'拼凑'作为渐进式超国家自我赋权策略的新概念，分析欧盟委员会如何通过累积使用不同拼凑工具，逐步增强其在安全与防务领域的影响力，最终促成欧洲防务基金和国防工业与空间总司的建立。
Abstract This article provides a novel conceptualization of bricolage as a strategy for incremental supranational self‐empowerment. It argues that the cumulative effects of different bricolage tools employed by the Commission have been central for progressively strengthening its role in EU security and defence, which culminated in the establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) and the Commission's Directorate‐General Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). Building communication upon communication, the Commission used discursive bricolage to set the conditions for employing existing EU financial and organizational resources to advance its interests. Specifically, with its incremental bricolage approach, the Commission has managed to mitigate sovereignty concerns of member states, progressively nudging them towards deeper integration. Overall, our article shows how the Commission has strengthened its influence through the cumulative bricolage tools even in the intergovernmental domains of security and defence.