Category: Europe

Countering Three Key GOP Narratives on Ukraine

April 17, 2023 Europe North America public diplomacy 5 Comments
By Andrew Sugrue, MA Media and Strategic Communication, 2024 When Russia first launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, outrage was nearly unanimous from U.S. politicians and citizens across the political spectrum. This reaction facilitated the transferal of crucial funds and military hardware to the Ukrainian resistance, helping the…

TriNet: Nailing Jello to the Wall

April 10, 2023 China Europe Global Communication North America 5 Comments
By Dominique A. Piñeiro, MA Media and Strategic Communication ’23 The Internet is evolving into a “TriNet” model, with three distinct approaches: China’s strict government control, the E.U.’s focus on data protection and privacy, and the U.S.’s market-driven approach emphasizing profit and competition. This shift alters the Internet’s original principles…

The Cooperative Narratives of the EU, NATO, and the Netherlands

April 18, 2022 Europe Russia 6 Comments
By Yael Velvel, MA Media and Strategic Communication ’23 The Netherlands has historically served as a humanitarian home for political and religious refugees. Following the Second World War, the country recognized the need for a strategic alliance with its neighboring countries in order to preserve this identity, and became a…

Narrative Misalignment on the Ireland/UK border

April 16, 2022 Europe 6 Comments
By Julie Harrington, MA Media and Strategic Communications ’23 The border dividing the Ireland from the UK is an international border that has become fiercely important in terms of the EU and Brexit negotiations. Since 2005, the border has been almost nonexistent as the security and checkpoints were removed due to…

Solidifying Spain’s European State Narrative

April 14, 2022 Europe 6 Comments
By Miranda Ewald, MA Global Communications ‘22 Spain and Morocco’s Shifting Relationship             Until recently, tensions between Spain and Morocco had been building for decades, particularly over Spain’s lack of recognition for Morocco’s autonomy in the Western Sahara. Spain and Morocco, along with Mauritania, signed a tripartite agreement in 1975…

Battle of Narratives in the Fight for Kosovo

April 8, 2021 Europe 12 Comments
By Sydney Booker, MA Media and Strategic Communication, 2021 Kosovo and Serbia have been engaged in a battle of narratives for hundreds of years. In recent years, that battle has entered the world stage. While Serbia holds onto their narrative that Kosovo belongs to Serbia, Kosovo has evolved their narrative…

The EU and Russia: Narratives Collide Over Belarus

April 5, 2021 Europe Russia 15 Comments
By Madelyn Berner, MA Global Communication, 2022 The European Union and Russia have long held competing narratives that prohibit the two sides from closer political cooperation. The EU is a supranational body of 27 member countries, founded on cooperation, solidarity, and protection against authoritarianism. This all contrasts sharply with Russia,…