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

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  • Māris Andžāns

    (Department of Political Science, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia)

  • Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova

    (Department of Political Science, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia)

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.

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  • Māris Andžāns & Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, 2021. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Latvia–Russia Relations: Landscape for Desecuritization or Further Securitization?," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-13, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:10:y:2021:i:9:p:323-:d:621582
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