Mnemonic Security Dilemma. Memory as Casus Belli
Journal: Russia in Global Affairs
Year: 2022

The article presents arguments allowing the notion of security dilemma to be extended to historical memory and competing narratives of the past. In the international arena, securitization of historical narratives can lead to a mnemonic security dilemma. Systematic challenging of the most important historical narratives of state A by key mnemonic actors of state B puts the political elites of state A before a choice: ignore this action or develop a set of measures aimed at countering attempts to