Description
Amid an ecological crisis of its own doing, the EU’s historical foundation on security and economic growth is evolving to include a third dimension in sustainability. The European Green Deal agenda envisions a 'green tripod' of growth, security, and sustainability, which relies on minerals the EU does not possess and that might not even exist. Drawing on the concept of resourcification, according to which resources are not but 'become', the study probes the role of security logic in the political formation of strategic minerals as both a condition for and outcome of the European Green Deal. Consequentially, I argue that a comprehensive understanding of the European Green Deal requires a trialectical approach to security, economy, and ecology, as neglecting any relationalities of the three results in an insufficient view of security’s material force. By uncovering the role of security in perpetuating a social metabolic rift, the analysis posits the logic of security as a critical site of struggle for eco-social system change.
