Securitization and desecuritization of Russia in the national security and defence concepts of Latvia (1995-2020)
Journal: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Year: 2021

This article revisits and applies the securitization theory in assessing securitization and desecuritization of Russia in the national security and state defence concepts of Latvia. The analysis covers the editions of concepts from 1995 up to the date. With the benefit of the quantitative and qualitative content analyses, all mentions of Russia in those fourteen documents are classified as either securitizing, desecuritizing or nonsecuritizing. Further, they are analysed in the wider picture of