Discursive reconstructions of boundaries in the South Caucasus countries vis-à-vis the EU and Russia and the crux of securitization

"European Union (EU)" and "Horizon 2020"Szkola, Susanne2017-11-222017-11-222017http://hdl.handle.net/10062/58568This paper explores the intersection of social images and perceptions of security in the countries of the South Caucasus to scrutinize contested patterns of belonging amid continued talk of a “new Cold War”. These case studies – embedded within the broader EU-Russia context – shed light onto particular securitization practices and their constitutive motivations. To decode these ontological security rationales and divisions – around yet eerily familiar lines – is important in order to make sense of how and why the countries of the South Caucasus conceive of their surroundings as they do and what spaces for political manoeuvres emerge.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessontological securitycollective identity constructionotheringEU-Russia relationsSouth Caucasusontoloogiline julgeolekkollektiivne identiteediloometeisestamineEuroopa Liidu – Venemaa suhtedLõuna-KaukaasiaDiscursive reconstructions of boundaries in the South Caucasus countries vis-à-vis the EU and Russia and the crux of securitizationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper