No. 229: Russia's Public Foreign Policy Narratives

Author(s): Sarah Oates, Sean Steiner, Tina Burrett, Tatiana Dubrovskaya
Series Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Volume: 229
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University; Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
Publication Year: 2018

This RAD issue examines Russian public narratives about foreign policy. More specifically, Sarah Oates and Sean Steiner first decode Russia’s strategic narrative, noting that while its roots are in Soviet propaganda, its contemporary storylines are more organic and dynamic. Tina Burrett then compares coverage of China and the US on Russian TV news, highlighting a shift in 2004, after which China has been depicted more positively and the US more negatively. Finally, Tatiana Dubrovskaya investigates how government and opposition media have represented the sanctions regime imposed on Russia in recent years.

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