Brazil’s Rising Tides
By Grace Martinez, Masters in Media and Strategic Communication ‘23 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Joe Biden walk next to the Rose Garden after theirmeeting at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP) On Friday,...
Countering Three Key GOP Narratives on Ukraine
By Andrew Sugrue, MA Media and Strategic Communication, 2024 Photo Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. This image appeared in The Wall Street Journal, captioned “Most House Republicans Applaud Zelensky.” When Russia first launched its invasion of...
TriNet: Nailing Jello to the Wall
By Dominique A. Piñeiro, MA Media and Strategic Communication ’23 An A.I.- generated photograph capturing the surreal and symbolicconcept of the “TriNet,” representing a narrative contest among theU.S., the European Union (E.U.), and China. Each international...
Yasukuni Shrine
By Izzy Angeli, MA Media and Strategic Communication ’23 Historical Context China considers Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine—which honors 2.5 million war deaths, including convicted war criminals—as a symbol of Japan’s wartime militarism. The shrine was founded in 1869...
Battle of Narratives between Canada and Quebec over immigration and identity
By Antoine Morin, GW Exchange Student, Spring 2023 This past month, the normally welcoming and multicultural Canada took the difficult decision toclose Roxham Road – a road that generated extensive media coverage because it was a site ofirregular migration to Canada...
The Cooperative Narratives of the EU, NATO, and the Netherlands
By Yael Velvel, MA Media and Strategic Communication ’23 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP) The Netherlands has historically served as a humanitarian home for political and...
Narrative Misalignment on the Ireland/UK border
By Julie Harrington, MA Media and Strategic Communications ’23 Photo credit: unsplash.com 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...
Turkey’s Use of Narratives to Counter Anti-European Union Membership Narratives
By Alexis Searfoss, MPA, MA Media and Strategic Communications ’23 The Republic of Turkey has been waiting decades to be moved from candidate for membership in the European Union to full member. As of 2016, accession talks were put on hold by the European Council but...
Solidifying Spain’s European State Narrative
By Miranda Ewald, MA Global Communications ‘22 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets with Moroccan King Mohammed VI, Moncloa (REUTERS) Spain and Morocco’s Shifting Relationship Until recently,...
A Fallen France? French Identity Narratives Viewed through the AUKUS Deal
By Jesse Tanson, MA International Affairs ’22 The AUKUS incident between France, the United States, and Australia occurred due to a contract breach between Australia and France. Australian authorities had contracted France to develop shortfin barracuda...
