Is Desecuritisation of Memory Possible? Ontological Dissonance and the Curious Case of the Russian–Polish Mnemonic Reconciliation

Natalia Morozova

Europe-Asia Studies, 2025, vol. 77, issue 5, 702-724

Abstract: The trajectory of Russian memory politics since 2003–2005 is often conceptualised as steady progression from politicisation to securitisation. This conceptualisation glosses over a period of heightened mnemonic reflexivity in 2009–2011, when Russian foreign policymakers decided to desecuritise certain aspects of the Soviet past in relations with Poland. Combining insights from the securitisation theory and ontological security literature, the article identifies an exogenously generated structural condition, as well as a number of historically contingent regional and domestic political factors, that allowed for more reflexive and self-critical memory politics in Russia and made mnemonic desecuritisation a reality, albeit a short-lived one.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2025.2500955

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