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Strategic narratives shaping global affairs
29 positions · 29 actors
A strategic narrative is the story a state, a government or a movement tells about a dispute: what is at stake, who is responsible, what should follow. Narratives are not facts and not our view. They are the claims that recur in an actor's own statements and in the outlets that carry them, and this page exists to show them side by side.
Each entry below is a position: one claim, attributed to the actor that voices it, with the disputes it appears in and the outlets that promote it. Where two actors argue the same dispute, their positions face each other on that dispute's page. A position page explains the claim, the reasoning the position offers and what the recent events show.
Tags group positions by what they are about (security, trade, sovereignty and so on) and by the worldview they rest on. A tag is a reading aid, not a verdict.
The positions are written and merged by hand, each from claims that recur in an actor's statements. Events are matched to them by keyword rules with a model check. The counts and timelines come from the headlines gathered since January 2026, and a claim enters the list only once it has recurred long enough to deserve an entry.
The best place to see a narrative is the actor's own channel. For the four largest voices on this page:
Reading them side by side is the quickest way to see where the stories part.
National sovereignty and non-interference are primary principles; external influence and imposed norms are resisted. Sovereign Resistance →
US imperial/hegemonic coercion of smaller sovereign states
Western/US coercive interventions deserve legal and humanitarian scrutiny
North Korea's deterrent and its Russia/China partnerships are legitimate
US imperial/hegemonic coercion of smaller sovereign states
Western/US coercive interventions deserve legal and humanitarian scrutiny
Sanctions/pressure are conditional; the Global South asserts buyer autonomy
China's trade/tech measures are lawful and normal; the US is the aggressor
Taiwan, the SCS and the Senkakus are Chinese territory; foreign interference provokes
North Korea's deterrent and its Russia/China partnerships are legitimate
US imperial/hegemonic coercion of smaller sovereign states
Western/US coercive interventions deserve legal and humanitarian scrutiny
Sanctions/pressure are conditional; the Global South asserts buyer autonomy
Mexico's own offensive against the cartels is making progress
The Axis of Resistance is legitimate anti-Israel/anti-US liberation
Iran's nuclear program, system and Hormuz stance are sovereign rights
Western/US coercive interventions deserve legal and humanitarian scrutiny
Washington negotiates with Iran in bad faith: talks under fire, broken commitments, ultimatums
US imperial/hegemonic coercion of smaller sovereign states
Western/US coercive interventions deserve legal and humanitarian scrutiny
Sanctions/pressure are conditional; the Global South asserts buyer autonomy