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  • 10 - The Ukrainian and Syrian Conflicts: Civil Wars or Geopolitical Shatterbelts?

  • Iulian Chifu, National Defence University, Bucharest, Greg Simons, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
  • Book:
    Rethinking Warfare in the 21st Century
    Published online:
    29 June 2023
    Print publication:
    13 July 2023, pp 273-307

  • Summary

    The manner in which armed conflicts are catagorised is an important feature of the politics of warfare. There are different implications and aspects of symbolism whether a conflict is categorised as being a civil war or a geopolitical shatterbelt. This is of relevance and significance for foreign sponsors and patrons of the conflict as terminology is useful in determining how different audiences perceive and react to the conflict in question. This chapter explores the rhetorical categorisation of the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine in terms of the narratives and storytelling used to engineer opinions, perceptions and responses to these conflicts.