SECURITY DILEMMA UNVEILED: A SCHOLARLY INQUIRY INTO THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI AND UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN CONFLICTS THROUGH THE PRISM OF OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE REALISM
Journal: Balkan Social Science Review
Year: 2024

This research uses a comparative case study approach to explore the Israeli-Palestinian and Ukrainian-Russian conflicts within the framework of the Security Dilemma.It employs primary and secondary sources.The study analyzes each conflict individually while allowing for meaningful comparisons between them to identify patterns in each case.The research challenges the traditional dichotomy between offensive and defensive realism by proposing that state behavior is influenced by an interplay betwee