Dealing with COVID-19 in the European periphery: between securitization and “gaslighting”
Journal
Journal of Global Faultlines
Date Issued
2020
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DOI
10.13169/jglobfaul.7.1.0071
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to outline and analyse the manner in which governments on the
EU’s south-eastern periphery (i.e. the Western Balkans) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic
and its possible after-effects. The author seeks to shed light on three particular aspects
of the crisis: the (de)securitization process of COVID-19, the geopolitics of the EU enlargement
process in the post-corona world, and the Balkan way of dealing with the pandemic.
Following a prologue that tries to decipher what is behind the façade of this dramatic episode,
the article proceeds to characterize both the securitization of COVID-19 and the “gaslighting
turnaround”. It then looks at the Balkan version of the so-called “COVID-1984”, i.e. the
autocratic tendencies that have blossomed amid (and thanks to) strong security concerns.
EU’s south-eastern periphery (i.e. the Western Balkans) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic
and its possible after-effects. The author seeks to shed light on three particular aspects
of the crisis: the (de)securitization process of COVID-19, the geopolitics of the EU enlargement
process in the post-corona world, and the Balkan way of dealing with the pandemic.
Following a prologue that tries to decipher what is behind the façade of this dramatic episode,
the article proceeds to characterize both the securitization of COVID-19 and the “gaslighting
turnaround”. It then looks at the Balkan version of the so-called “COVID-1984”, i.e. the
autocratic tendencies that have blossomed amid (and thanks to) strong security concerns.
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