The COVID-19 Pandemic and Latvia–Russia Relations: Landscape for Desecuritization or Further Securitization?

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    Abstract

    This article revisits the traditionally jittery Latvian–Russian relations during the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of securitization. Though the pandemic might have offered less space for confrontation and possible prospects for differentiation of (de)securitization vectors, the mutual securitization processes have continued in the vein of previous years. Furthermore, they have showed no signs of easing as not only have the traditional issues remained securitized but new thematic areas both related and unrelated to the pandemic have taken center stage. All in all, the pandemic has opened new avenues for securitization, though it had no fundamental impact on the established securitization trends.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number323
    JournalSocial Sciences
    Volume10
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2021

    Keywords*

    • COVID-19
    • Latvia
    • Russia
    • Securitization

    Field of Science*

    • 5.6 Political science

    Publication Type*

    • 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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