"Competing Narratives of the Russia-Ukraine War: Why the West Hasn’t Convinced the Rest," a lecture by Hilary Appel

This presentation will conclude a brief discussion of why theories of strategic narratives have been underappreciated relative to more standard power-based and materialist explanations of the war’s outbreak, scope, and trajectory by scholars of international relations. Link to related article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.13431 (available through UW Libraries to students, faculty, and staff).