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Disintegration of Yugoslavia and Serbia’s Anxiety Over Kosovo

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Crisis and Ontological Insecurity

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Once a space is incorporated in the narrative about the national self, states’ ontological need to maintain biographical continuity adds another strong emotional component to their attachment to territorial integrity. Internal or external challenges to states’ control over their ontic spaces then do not only question their physical security, but may also undermine their ontological security.

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Ejdus, F. (2020). Disintegration of Yugoslavia and Serbia’s Anxiety Over Kosovo. In: Crisis and Ontological Insecurity . Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20667-3_4

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