Madalina Stoican

Madalina Stoican is a legal expert and researcher in EU and international law, with master's degrees from the Universities of Florence and Trento. Her research focuses on how economic security is reshaping EU trade policy.

Economic Security First: Regulatory Chokepoints and the Coercive Turn in Industrial Policy

Industrial policy has re-emerged as a central tool for policymakers and is increasingly justified in terms of national security. Beneath this securitised framing lies a more specific logic: state-led engineering of physical chokepoints.

By Madalina Stoican

/ 3 Oct 2026

Economic Security First: Regulatory Chokepoints and the Coercive Turn in Industrial Policy