Spiraling toward a New Cold War in the North? The Effect of Mutual and Multifaceted Securitization
Journal: Journal of Global Security Studies
Year: 2020

Abstract Building on a discourse-theoretical reading of securitization theory, this article theorizes and examines how two political entities can become locked in a negative spiral of identification that may lead to a violent confrontation. Through mutual and multifaceted securitization, each party increasingly construes the other as a threat to itself. When this representation spreads beyond the military domain to other dimensions (trade, culture, diplomacy), the other party is projected as “di