abstract: This thematic issue addresses how strategic narratives affect international order.Strategic narratives are conceived of as stories with a political purpose or narratives used by political actors to affect the behavior of others.The articles in this issue address two significant areas important to the study of international relations: how strategic narratives support or undermine alliances, and how they affect norm formation and contestation.Within a post-Cold War world and in the midst of a chan
journal: Politics and Governance