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Language
English (en)
Date of Award
5-1-2013
Author's Department
International and Area Studies
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Restricted/Unrestricted
Restricted
Abstract
It was while I was studying abroad in Serbia, that I became interested in the power of a national narrative and the way it shaped the thinking of the entire population, not just leadership figures or radicals. It was not just a tool of Milosevic or the contents ofa history book, but a living, internalized story within many Serbian citizens with whom I spoke. My experience in Serbia and interest in Russia led me to explore the way the Russian national narrative could influence state decisions. In this paper I examine various interpretations of what lay behind Russia’s involvement in Kosovo in 1999 and its intervention in Georgia in 2008.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7936/qh45-r912
Mentor
James Wertsch
Recommended Citation
Humphries, Erin, "The Enigma of ‘National Interest’:Understanding Russian Decision-Making in Kosovo and Georgia" (2013). Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses. 160.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.7936/qh45-r912
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