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Securitizing Russia: Discursive Practices Of The Baltic States, Øyvind Jæger
Securitizing Russia: Discursive Practices Of The Baltic States, Øyvind Jæger
Peace and Conflict Studies
The author argues that the security situation of the Baltic countries cannot be separated from the way the Balts themselves speak of security. This is a discourse of danger producing insecurity in pursuit of security. Moreover, this article is a study of identity by demonstrating how Baltic security issues are constituted by discourses of danger revolving around Russian Otherness and European Sameness. In conclusion, the following aspects are addressed: the prospects for the coming together of East and West in the Baltic Sea Region – and NATO’s role in this process – and whether this process will come to ease …
Volume 7, Number 2 (November 2000), Peace And Conflict Studies
Volume 7, Number 2 (November 2000), Peace And Conflict Studies
Peace and Conflict Studies
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