The authors describe three interrelated levels of strategic narratives: system narratives, identity narratives, and issue narratives. Wagnsson and Lundström (2022) assess the reception of strategic narratives in Sweden and find that it is relatively easy for strategic narratives to be received by the Swedish population. Eventually, research on strategic narratives in general, but also on Russian strategic narratives is relatively sparse. Next to the direct condemnations of nuclear war, Russia also sees itself as preventing nuclear war by warning the United Nations and other states about Ukraine’s alleged dirty-bomb endeavor. Strategic Narratives Identified in RTThe themes, which have been extracted through thematic analysis, can now be sorted into the three categories of strategic narratives depending on which category they correspond to: system narratives, identity narratives, and issue narratives.

Source: Washington Post July 29, 2024 07:11 UTC