“The better we are connected, the stronger is our resilience”: Energy framing and securitisation in the Baltic Assembly 2013–2023
Journal: Lund University Publications Student Papers (Lund University)
Year: 2026

This study examines how energy policy is framed in official documents adopted by the Baltic Assembly between 2013 and 2023. Using qualitative content analysis and securitisation theory, the study analyses 22 documents, resolutions and joint statements adopted by the Baltic Assembly, to trace how energy framing evolved in response to geopolitical developments, particularly Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The findings reveal that energy is fram