Reclaiming Crimea: Strategic Narratives in the Ukrainian Institute's Cultural Diplomacy Initiatives
Journal: Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature)
Year: 2025

This master thesis explores how Ukrainian cultural diplomacy functions as a tool of foreign policy, especially in relation to Russian soft power. It focuses on a carefully selected case of strategic narratives about Crimea employed by the Ukrainian Institute in its cultural diplomacy initiatives during the timeframe of its first strategy in years 2020-2024. Using a mixed-method approach combining critical discourse analysis and thematic narrative analysis a strategic narrative framework was iden