Russia, Europe and the Ontological Security Dilemma: Narrating the Emerging Eurasian Space

Viktoria Akchurina and Vincent Della Sala

Europe-Asia Studies, 2018, vol. 70, issue 10, 1638-1655

Abstract: The aim of this essay is twofold. First, it seeks to examine how Russia and the European Union understand the emerging Eurasian space. We will do this by looking at how the two narrate the space, the use of power and each other. Second, we want to argue that the narratives at the heart of the conceptual and normative maps that guide their actions and behaviour create an essentially ontological security dilemma; that is, behaviour aimed primarily at enhancing confidence in the identity and continuity of a political community threatens the ontological security of other actors.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1546829

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