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

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 securiti...

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Published in:Social sciences (Basel) 2021, Vol.10 (9), p.323
Main Authors: Andžāns, Māris, Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Una Aleksandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed forces
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Latvia
Pandemics
Russia
Russian language
Securitization
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2076-0760
2076-0760
DOI:10.3390/socsci10090323