خلاصة:
Conflicts and many of the states’ actions can be analyzed through the theory of ontological security. Sometimes, states take measures which endanger their physical and realistic security. States confront disdain through honor seeking actions. The main question of the present research state: how ontological security triggered Russia to start the war with Ukraine? To answer this question, the hypothesis of the research states that neglecting Russia’s existential security borders from the West – within the form of NATO – led Russia to extensive military conflict with Ukraine in order to remind the West of its existential security borders. In the present research, data gathering method has been based on internet and library documents and the research has been conducted on the basis of descriptive-analytical approach. The findings of the research shows that Russia-Ukraine war has risen within the theoretical framework of ontological security which is based on Eurasianism and Russian nationalism and geopolitics that shape Russia’s biographic narrative. Russia’s attack on Ukraine is considered to be an honorable action to refrain from shame and disdain.
ملخص الجهاز:
The results of this research show that the Russia-Ukraine war has emerged within the theoretical framework of ontological security based on the components of Eurasianism, nationalism, and Russian geopolitics, which shape Russia's biographical narrative, and the attack on Ukraine is perceived as the adoption of an honorable action by Russia in order to avoid shame.
The West imagined that with the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia would dissolve into the West, but identity components such as Orthodoxy 3, Slav race 4, Great power 5, Historical mentality 6, and the Russian Idea 7, which constitute the identity complex of the Russian Federation, have created a different nation against the West (Moulioukova, 2021).
Based on this, in the present research, while examining Russia's identity components and the biographical narrative that the Kremlin maintains for itself in the international arena, and while examining its impact on the adoption of honorable actions in the foreign policy of this country, we seek to answer these questions: given that the military attack on Ukraine could have vast political and economic costs for Russia, how has the country's ontological security driven the Kremlin toward this war?
The research findings show that the Russia-Ukraine war has emerged within the theoretical framework of ontological security based on the components of Eurasianism, nationalism, and Russian geopolitics that shape Russia's biographical narrative, and the attack on Ukraine is perceived as the adoption of an honorable action by Russia in order to avoid shame.
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