One should not expect that the quality of mass interpretation of international and political realities will somehow alter with a change of the literary fashion
Public commentary on politics often relies on metaphors from works of fiction. At the same time, the set of books that journalists, politicians and the general public commonly refer to has been extremely limited recently. It is based on two multi-volume fantasy epics, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. Comparisons with “The Boy Who...
We will not see an early US-Russian summit in 2021
1. Narratives
Russian leadership tried hard to avoid any statements that would indicate its preference for Donald Trump. Still, it is clear that the election of Joe Biden does not quite fit into the official Russian narrative on the contemporary international ...
... States, is crying out for an alternative to the Chinese coronavirus narrative. And now more so than ever, as the outlines of a post-corona bipolar world are coming into sight
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, but the battle for “coronavirus narratives” is already in full swing. The front lines are the pages of newspapers and magazines, televisions screens and computer monitors, virtual seats at international organizations and online university lecture halls. Who is primarily to blame for ...
... (Ukraine)
Joint Report of the Institute of Law and Public Policy (Russia), Inmedio (Germany), and the Centre of Public Initiatives — Ideas for Change (Ukraine)
The report “Gaps and Overlaps: Navigating through Contested German-Russian-Ukrainian Narratives” was released. It had been prepared by a tripartite working group, that included representatives from Russia, Germany and Ukraine. The workshop on drafting the text was initiated by three organizations: Institute of Law and Public Policy ...
