Strategic Conspiracy Narratives proposes an innovative semiotic perspective for analysing
how contemporary conspiracy theories are used for shaping interpretation paths and …

The concept of 'traditional values' occupies the place of honor in public discourse in Russia
today being one of the components of the new ideological narrative. The article is focused …

Modern military training exercises often include an information warfare component. Combat
manoeuvres and weapon tests may be combined with large-scale information operations …

The article tests the extent to which Russia's “pivot to the East” was supported by shared
visions of the American and the Chinese “Other” after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. It …

Recent years have seen Moscow and Beijing driven closer together as their respective
relations with Washington have deteriorated. While a normative convergence between …

Modern military training exercises often include an information warfare component. Combat
manoeuvres and weapon tests may be combined with large-scale information operations …

Vladimir Putin's power position has long been sustained by the successful communication of
major political myths and his acclaimed role in them. This chapter discusses such myths to …

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine was preceded by a flurry of narratives on the history
and identity of Russia and Ukraine, promulgated most prominently by President Vladimir …

This thesis analyzes anti-utopian Russian literature to correlate political culture and
expressions of identity in Putin's regime from 2005-2011. Vladimir Sorokin's Day of the …

Waren Amerika-und Sowjetunionbilder in der sozialistischen Tschechoslowakei so einseitig
und schwarz-wei «, wie ein erster Blick in die offizielle Zeitung der Kommunistischen Partei …