SECURING THE SELF: ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY AND ENERGY RELATIONS IN EU-CENTRAL ASIA ENGAGEMENT AFTER UKRAINE

Autores

  • MARIA RAQUEL FREIRE
  • KOMRON FAYZULLOEV

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.16.2.9

Palavras-chave:

Ásia Central, União Europeia, Energia, Segurança Ontológica, Identidade

Resumo

Este artigo analisa as relações energéticas entre a União Europeia (UE) e os países da Ásia Central através da lente da segurança ontológica, procurando compreender como as narrativas identitárias moldam a cooperação para além dos interesses materiais. Após a invasão da Ucrânia pela Rússia, a perceção da UE de insegurança ontológica aumentou com o colapso das rotinas estabelecidas de interdependência energética, levando a um aprofundamento do envolvimento com a Ásia Central para reconstruir a sua narrativa biográfica. Para os Estados da Ásia Central, esta parceria contribui para a construção da sua identidade pós-soviética como atores soberanos. A análise mostra como os Estados da Ásia Central aproveitam os seus perfis energéticos distintos para criar narrativas de segurança separadas, ao mesmo tempo que envolvem a UE como parte das suas estratégias de diversificação, demonstrando que a cooperação sustentável depende da integração de parcerias em identidades coerentes em meio a perturbações geopolíticas e desafios de transição energética.

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Biografias Autor

MARIA RAQUEL FREIRE

PhD in International Relations, she is researcher at the Centre for Social Studies – CES (Portugal), and Full Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC), in Portugal. She is also Visiting Professor in the Post-Graduate Programme in International Relations, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. She is an elected member of the Scientific Council at FEUC and a member of FEUC’s Advisory Board. Her research interests focus on peace studies, particularly peacekeeping and peacebuilding; foreign policy, international security, European Union and Eurasia. She was director of the Doctoral Programme in International Politics and Conflict Resolution, CES|FEUC (2015-2019); Coordinator of the Department and Undergraduate Studies in International Relations at FEUC (2017-2019); elected member of the FEUC Pedagogical Council (2017-2019), and of FEUC Scientific Council (2013-2015). She was Vice-President of the Portuguese Political Science Association (2012-2014) and Chairman of the Fiscal Board of the same Association (2014-2016); member of the Executive Board of the European International Studies Association (EISA); and member of the Professional Development Committee of the International Studies Association (2015-2017). She was also President of the Assembly of FEUC (2019-2024), Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (2014-2015) and member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Social Studies (2008-2010). She was a researcher and/or visiting professor at Georgetown University, USA; University of Osaka, Japan; University of San Diego, USA; or Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS), University of Kent, Brussels. In 2019, she was awarded the “Science Prize” by FEUC. She has reviewed research projects for the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (European Commission), COST Actions, European Science Foundation, among other. She was a member of the Editorial Board of Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais at CES (2019-2024), as well as of other journals, such as Comillas Journal of International Relations, Nação e Defesa, or Global Society. She was the Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence PRONE, and held a Jean Monnet Chair, at the University of Coimbra.

KOMRON FAYZULLOEV

He is Assistant of the department of International Relations at Tajik National University (Tajikistan). He is graduated Tajik National University, faculty of International Relations and have been the master in a world politics of humanitarianly social faculty of the Peoples Friendship University of Russia. Research Center “Sharq” (Orient), Tajik National University, Tajikistan.

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Publicado

2025-11-12

Edição

Vol. 16 N.º 2: novembro 2025-abril 2026

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