" The revolution will be Twittered!" declared journalist Andrew Sullivan after protests erupted
in Iran in June 2009. Yet for all the talk about the democratizing power of the Internet …

Russia, as many contemporary states, takes public diplomacy seriously. Since the inception
of its English language TV network Russia Today in 2005 (now 'RT'), the Russian …

To survive, all forms of government require popular support, whether voluntary or
involuntary. Following the collapse of the Soviet system, Russia's rulers took steps toward …

During the Soviet period, political symbolism developed into a coherent narrative that
underpinned Soviet political development. Following the collapse of the Soviet regime and …

This paper analyzes the propaganda campaign orchestrated by the Russian authorities with
the aim of promoting a version of the country's history for political purposes. This version …

This article looks at collective memory formation—the study of monuments, memory, and
public space—through a political science lens. An explicit theoretical focus on power …

In the period before the 2007–2008 elections, there was much talk from the regime about the
danger of a 'coloured revolution'in Russia. The article considers whether the fear of …

The place of narrative in political science is an issue that resurfaces with regularity, usually
focusing on the questions of generalisability, evidence and causality which lie at the heart of …

This chapter will analyse the Russian concept of disinformation, its characteristics and
evolution. Russian disinformation in doctrinal and operational terms is a result of synergy …

Russia's (and the USSR's) use of sports mega-events (SMEs) makes this BRICS country
(Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) not only an outlier among emerging states …