ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the historical development of the different types of capital in the European security field from before and until after the end of the Cold War. It focuses on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and EU research funding, because their share of funding was high and their role as competitors in the field of European security potentially made research funding part of their respective power strategies in the field. A number of different types of field-specific capital were at work in and around the relationship. The most important types were military and scientific capital (because they were boundary-setters), though social capital also played a significant role. The chapter expresses that only military and scientific capital worked in a way that structured the boundaries around the field and thus functioned as boundary-setters/ gatekeepers. It also focuses on the agency which held military and scientific capital in the field.
