Strategic Narratives and Alliances: The Cases of Intervention in Libya (2011) and Economic Sanctions against Russia (2014)
Journal: Politics and Governance
Year: 2017

Scholars of international communication recognize that strategic narratives are important for policymaking (Miskimmon, O’Loughlin, &amp;amp; Roselle, 2013) and scholars studying alliances suggest that communication is central to the formation and maintenance of alliances (Weitsman, 2010). This essay addresses how strategic narratives affect US alliance behavior—and hence international order—in two specific ways. First, alliance behavior can be affected by other allies’ narratives as demonstrated