NATO’s Quest for Ontological Security: Securitizing Russia in the Arctic
Journal: Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi
Year: 2025

The article examines how NATO has strategically and symbolically addressed disruptions to its ontological security due to Russia’s military build-up in the Arctic and its aggressions in Ukraine. Based on an engagement between ontological security and securitization perspectives, the article argues that NATO’s intentional and unconscious securitization acts towards Russia have addressed its material threats and ontological anxieties. Demonstrating the intersection of the material and psychologica