In:Discourses of War and Peace: 21st century perspectives
Edited by Cornelia Ilie
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 355] 2026
► pp. 317–323
Index
Published online: 14 April 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.355.index
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.355.index
A
- actor
8, 12, 21, 40, 46,
49, 53, 59, 192, 206,
217, 219, 222,
223, 226–228, 234, 235, 242,
244
- actor representation 219, 223, 227, 228, 234, 235
- social actor 192, 219, 222, 227
- agent
50, 87, 135, 136, 137,
138, 139, 146,
147, 175, 183,
192, 208, 209,
260
- Hyper-Agent 136, 137, 209
- agentive verb 268, 269
- aggression / military aggression / war of aggression
2, 3, 18, 65, 66,
77, 78, 81–83, 84, 88, 111, 165,
167, 173, 175,
179, 181, 192,
202, 204, 218,
227, 228, 231,
238, 245, 270,
302, 304
- Russian aggression 66, 165, 175, 227, 270, 304
- Russia’s aggression 77, 78, 228
- alliance
10, 15, 16, 51, 65,
66, 68, 69, 70–73, 77, 78, 80–82, 101, 125,
164, 165, 173,
185, 207
- adversarial alliance68
- cooperation alliance77
- defence alliance81
- frenemy alliance15
- geopolitical alliance66
- “hidden alliance”66
- international alliance 77, 80
- military alliance 66, 69–71, 73, 77, 78, 82, 164, 165
- non-alliance 66, 69, 77–80
- “nuclear alliance”66
- political alliance73
- strategic alliance16
- transatlantic alliance65
- See also freedom of alliance68
- aligned / alignment
14, 70, 107, 118, 130,
148, 204, 287,
291
- military non-alignment 73, 75, 89, 91
- militarily non-aligned country / state 74, 76
- misaligned14
- non-aligned / non-alignment 20, 63, 65, 67–70, 71, 73, 75–79, 81, 85, 89–91
- ally
20, 83, 84, 88, 91
- political ally88
- allies 42, 70, 116, 173, 183, 184, 208
- analogy
125, 161, 164, 166, 167,
236
- historical analogy 125, 156
- argument
4, 18, 22, 32, 85,
86, 88, 115, 116, 156,
158, 159, 161,
163, 166, 169,
178, 190, 217–220, 224, 226, 229–233, 237, 240, 241, 244–246, 254, 256, 259, 273
- argument by definition201
- argument from analogy / analogical argument 161, 236–238, 240–243, 254
- argument from alternatives 229, 236, 237
- argument from authority 158, 179
- argument from cause to effect 236, 237
- argument from consequences 85–87, 232
- argument from goal 229, 231
- argument from values 85, 86
- ad hominem argument 237, 238, 240, 241, 244
- analogical argument 158, 164, 179, 181
- causal argument 161, 163, 178, 230
- counter-argument 219, 229, 240
- explicit argument / argumentation 158, 236, 239, 240
- implicit argument / argumentation 233, 234, 236, 237, 240–243
- legal argument166
- pragmatic argument165
- slippery slope argument 229, 230, 232, 237, 243
- straw man argument238
- symptomatic argument 161, 173, 175, 179
- argumentation
23, 84, 86–88, 91, 103, 110, 120,
159, 169, 176,
177, 179, 181,
219, 220, 224,
229, 230–237, 240, 242, 243,
245
See also counter-argumentation
- argumentation analysis 18, 20, 82, 83, 234
- argumentation fallacies18
- argumentation framework of analysis63
- argumentation theory 17, 21, 158, 159, 221, 223
- argumentation strategies / practices 18, 21, 23, 63, 65, 67, 69, 84, 85, 244
- political argumentation85
- argumentative
18, 21–23, 68, 69, 84,
85, 103, 163, 219, 220,
224–226, 229–232, 236, 240, 241–244, 246
- argumentative schemes / structures 22, 68, 87, 89, 158, 217, 219, 220, 223–226, 229, 231, 232, 236, 240, 241, 243
- argumentative speech acts 68, 85
- audience
3, 20–22, 67, 68, 72,
74, 78–81, 88, 91, 97,
100, 101, 111,
127, 157, 164,
182, 189, 191,
194, 202, 208,
211, 213, 220,
222, 225, 253,
279, 281, 282,
284, 287, 291,
296, 297, 303–306
- European audience222
- foreign audience81
- international audiences 20, 63, 68, 91, 213
- national / domestic audience68
- Russian audience182
- world audiences 189, 191, 194, 211
- authoritarian /authoritarianism 119, 177, 191, 192, 211, 228
- authority
8, 51, 84, 100, 103,
136, 158, 189,
193, 225, 241
- impersonal authority241
- moral authority193
- personal authority189
- supreme authority136
- authorization 225, 241
B
- battle(s)
43, 51, 56, 59, 96,
109, 119, 124,
125, 128–131, 137, 141, 142,
144, 146, 147,
162, 258, 263,
266
- battle of Tsushima 125, 126, 129, 130, 136, 140, 143, 144
- battle of Chemulpo145
- battlefield
18, 231
- discursive battlefield18
- battleground 99, 114, 116
- battleship 130, 141
- blitzkrieg 177, 198
C
- cancel culture184
- categorisation
250, 254, 255, 260–262, 273, 274
- basic categorisation261
- colour categorisation254
- human categorisation254
- cognitive
3, 102, 119, 250–252, 254, 273
- cognitive dissonance 139, 140
- cognitive linguistics253
- cognitive-rhetorical 3, 19, 22, 251, 252, 272
- cognitive narrative119
- collective West 172, 206
- colonialism
156, 182
- neo-colonialism179
- colour
23, 202, 203, 254, 280–282, 284, 285, 288, 291–298, 300–305
- black and white colour280
- blue and yellow colours (of the Ukrainian flag) 292, 298, 304
- colour schemes 284, 291, 293–295
- corporate colours280
- national colours 23, 203, 280, 296, 298, 300, 301, 303
- Ukrainian colours 203, 278, 291, 292, 300, 303
- communication
9, 18, 21, 23, 34,
126, 127, 134,
159, 170, 246,
251, 256, 268,
278, 279, 281,
284, 297
- crisis communication303
- dysfunctional communication131
- (mis)communication 18, 21, 126, 127
- political communication90
- visual communication 278, 281–283, 303, 304
- warfare communication9
- comparative
21, 91, 158, 305
- comparative analysis 212, 288
- comparative cross-national analysis23
- comparative ethnographic and archaeological approaches3
- comparative research / studies 71, 190, 306
- conceptual stretching 68, 71, 73, 74, 79, 80, 81, 84
- conflict
1–5, 7–9, 10–12, 14–17, 19, 20–23, 32, 33, 64, 65,
68–70, 72,
73, 75, 80, 99, 103,
116, 117, 119,
124, 125, 128,
129, 131, 134,
140, 142, 158,
166, 170, 183,
184, 189–191, 193, 198, 199,
203, 209, 210,
212, 213, 228,
230, 231, 242,
246, 250, 252,
255–257, 259,
260, 263, 264,
269–271, 274,
275, 279, 285,
286, 302, 306
- armed / military conflict 1, 12, 17, 19, 31–33, 73, 166, 250, 252, 256, 257, 266, 268, 274, 275
- global conflict 12, 31, 43
- grey-zone conflicts 15, 16
- nuclear conflict 230, 231
- post-conflict 12, 13
- Ukrainian / Ukraine conflict 22, 259, 260, 262, 264, 266, 270, 274
- confrontation 10, 16, 125, 157, 168, 246, 250, 255, 256, 258–264, 267–274
- cooperation
5, 36, 46, 66, 71,
73, 75, 77–79, 81, 84–87, 90, 175, 221, 285
- covert cooperation66
- defence cooperation 77–79
- European cooperation 85–87
- international cooperation 69, 75, 77, 80
- military cooperation 66, 69, 70
- security cooperation 71, 73, 77
- transatlantic cooperation69
- corporate social responsibility305
- counter-argumentation 217, 240, 245 ; See also argumentation
- COVID-19 pandemic 170, 279
- crisis
4, 17, 19, 20, 23,
71, 82, 91, 138, 139,
159, 170, 177,
211, 250, 257,
258, 260–268, 270–272, 274, 279, 282, 303,
305
- humanitarian crisis 23, 305
- military crisis71
- political crisis262
- Ukrainian crisis 159, 261–267, 272
D
- defeat
8, 20, 21, 109, 114,
124, 125, 127,
128, 129, 130–132, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144,
147, 148, 149,
156, 180, 184,
232
- Russian / Russia’s defeat 8, 124, 128, 132, 140, 147, 148
- Tsushima defeat /defeat at Tsushima 128, 129, 141, 142
- Ukrainian defeat232
- defence
9, 19, 67, 69, 71,
72, 74, 76, 77, 79,
80, 81, 91, 141, 201,
230, 272, 305
- defence alliances81
- defence cooperation 77–80
- military defence 70, 74
- Nordic defence67
- self-defence8
- definition
3, 4, 7, 10–12, 15, 16, 18,
23, 63, 65, 68, 73,
76, 79–81, 84, 86, 116,
127, 181, 201,
258, 259
- persuasive definition 79, 86
- re-definition 79, 81, 91, 127
- deindustrialisation174
- deixis
68, 70, 71
- exclusive deixis71
- inclusive deixis71
- person deixis 68, 70, 71
- discourse17
- academic discourse 91, 103, 104
- critical discourse analysis 17, 102, 120, 159, 224
- discourse clan(s) 20, 99, 100, 110, 112, 116, 118, 119
- media discourse 22, 119, 219, 224, 246, 280
- nationalist discourse / discourse of nationalism 108, 119
- (post-)neutrality discourse 19, 63, 71
- news discourse 22, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 259, 262, 270, 272, 274
- official discourse 5, 65, 78
- political discourse 18, 30, 63, 68, 69, 72, 76, 77, 84, 96, 97, 103, 118, 134, 195, 206, 209, 223, 225
- populist discourse98
- presidential discourse 30, 206
- private discourse 135, 137, 138, 140, 148
- propaganda-driven discourse5
- public discourse 34, 68, 76, 97, 134–138, 140, 144, 149, 177, 219, 220, 225, 244, 245, 302, 305
- public-private discourse 124, 135–138, 140, 144, 148
- Putin’s discourse 159, 178, 191, 198
- Ukrainian war discourse 250, 252
- visual discourse 23, 278, 281, 282, 303, 305, 306
- discourse of illusion 20, 96, 97, 100, 119, 120
- discourse of peace / peace discourse 11, 17
- discourse of war / war-related discourse 2, 6, 7, 9, 22, 64, 65, 68, 124, 132, 133, 135, 250, 252
- discourse strategies / practices 21, 90, 126
- Donec’k (Donetsk) 157, 170, 171, 173, 182, 184, 259, 261, 262, 266
E
- economy 195, 197, 198, 259
- emotion /emotional
3, 6, 7, 8, 21,
76, 86, 111, 127, 128,
133, 134, 138,
139, 148, 157,
169, 170, 184,
189, 192, 194,
195, 199, 201,
202, 207, 208,
210–212, 222,
282, 284, 291,
296–298, 300,
303
- negative emotion 76, 199, 202, 210
- era(s)
126, 127
- Tsarist era 127, 143
- Russian era144
- Soviet era 127, 140, 146
- Europe /European 2, 10, 12, 19, 23, 32, 51, 64–66, 70, 71, 73, 77, 79–83, 85–89, 125, 133, 163, 167, 173–177, 182, 183, 192, 193, 203, 206, 207, 210, 211, 222, 231, 233, 245, 269, 278, 279, 280, 285, 286, 298, 302, 304
- experiential meaning 30, 31, 35, 37, 42, 54, 55, 58
F
- face
21, 167, 182, 231
- face-saving discursive strategy147
- face-threatening act / speech act 21, 167 ; See also negative face
- Fatherland 21, 124, 127, 132, 133, 136–138, 139
- foreign policy 20, 30, 31, 45, 60, 66, 69, 75, 77, 78, 82, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 97, 192, 209, 285, 301
- freedom
9, 45, 51, 52, 53,
57, 60, 68, 75, 76,
105, 109, 118,
178, 179, 181,
193, 202, 203,
222, 257, 283,
291, 296, 305
- freedom fighters 105, 109, 118, 222
- freedom of action75
- freedom of alliance68
- frenemy / frenemyship15
- friend / friendly / friendship 15, 20, 43, 50, 57, 83, 84, 91, 138, 145, 168 ; See also unfriendly
- future 19–21, 30, 33, 39, 40, 42–52, 58–60, 96, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105–109, 112–114, 117–120, 145, 147, 178, 182, 185, 189, 198, 206, 225, 259, 275, 306
G
- German 22, 64, 67, 69, 133, 163, 164, 166, 167, 217, 218, 226, 237, 238, 241–246, 293, 297–299, 302, 303
- Germany 5, 15, 18, 23, 31, 125, 146, 163, 164, 167, 173, 218, 220, 221, 230–232, 234, 237, 240, 242, 244–246, 278, 280, 283, 285, 286, 288, 292, 297, 304
- God 21, 107, 124, 127, 129, 132, 133, 136–140, 164, 175
H
- hate speech 7, 156
- history
1, 4, 12, 18, 20,
21, 23, 32, 52, 96,
98–101, 103–108, 110–119, 126–128, 133, 141, 142, 145–149, 156, 160–163, 165, 169, 171,
172, 175, 180–183, 191, 206, 209, 274, 286
- historical / historically 4, 8, 11, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 33, 64, 76, 98, 99, 102, 104, 105, 109, 111–113, 115, 116, 118, 124–127, 132–134, 138, 140, 141, 143–149, 156, 158, 160–166, 169, 171, 182, 183, 190, 210, 217, 218, 239, 241, 243, 246, 278, 280, 286, 304
- historical analogy /analogies 21, 125, 156, 165, 166
- historical figures / heroes 105, 109, 112, 118
- historical memory 104, 144, 148, 149
- historical narrative(s)
12, 104, 148, 190
- pseudo-historical narrative(s) 12, 131
- historical Russia164
- historical territories 164, 183
- historical textbooks18
- hyperbolic 176, 181, 246
I
- identity
7, 18, 20, 21, 23,
30, 60, 69–71, 74, 75, 79, 91,
96–100, 104–106, 108, 109, 112, 115, 118,
129, 132, 144,
146, 149, 160,
191–193, 202,
203, 278, 280,
283, 284, 287–291, 299–306
- collective identity 191, 288
- corporate identity 280, 283, 303, 305
- (socio)cultural identity 106, 114, 117, 160
- Hindu identity97
- national / nation’s identity 7, 18, 20, 60, 69, 70, 72, 74, 96–99, 104, 108, 109, 112, 115, 116, 118, 144, 149
- Russian identity146
- Swedish identity 69, 74, 75
- Ukrainian / Ukraine’s identity 191, 192, 193, 202, 203
- visual identity 22, 23, 278, 280, 283, 284, 287–291, 299–306
- image(s)
32, 127, 133, 191, 204,
207, 222, 252,
254–256, 259,
270, 280–284, 298, 301
- American image32
- mirror image191
- image schema(tic) 254–256, 259, 261, 270, 273
- imagery 181, 210, 281, 282
- impasse 22, 250, 257, 260, 263, 265, 266, 267, 273, 274
- internationalism 17, 80
- invasion
2, 6, 9, 18, 20–22, 64, 66,
72, 78–84, 88, 89, 91,
107–109, 112,
184, 189, 190,
201, 202, 210,
213, 217, 250,
256, 267, 268,
270, 274, 278,
279, 285, 287,
298, 302–304
- German invasions64
- invasion by the Mughals112
- islamic invasion109
- islamic invasion of Bharat107
- Muslim invasions of the Indian subcontinent107
- Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea 66, 72
- Russian / Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 2, 9, 18, 20–22, 79–84, 88, 89, 91, 184, 189, 190, 201, 202, 210, 213, 217, 267, 268, 270, 274, 278, 279, 285, 287, 298, 302–304
J
- Japan / Japanese 124–149, 173
- justification 8, 13, 63, 75, 82, 83, 88, 112, 117, 137, 138, 181, 190, 219, 220, 227
K
- keyword(s) 4, 18–20, 22, 23, 63, 65, 67–69, 74, 76–81, 83–85, 88, 90, 91, 159, 169, 179, 181, 182, 253, 257–260, 263–271, 273, 274
- key semantic domain 194, 197, 199
- Klado, Nicolas / Klado 132, 136
- Kolchak, Aleksander141
- Kuprin, Aleksandr128
L
- language of war 4, 8, 9
- legitimation
22, 96, 119, 129, 156,
157, 171, 217,
219, 220, 224,
225, 229, 231–233, 241
- delegitimation157
- legitimation strategy /strategies 22, 119, 219, 220, 225, 229, 232, 233, 241
- logo modification(s) 23, 250, 278, 287, 290, 301, 305
- Luhan’sk (Lugansk) 170, 171, 173, 182, 184
M
- media
203, 212, 218–220, 222, 226, 238, 245,
246, 250–253, 257, 261, 271,
272, 274, 275,
278–283, 285,
287–290, 293,
295, 296, 298–300, 302–306
- media branding 18, 23
- media discourse / texts 22, 119, 219, 220, 224, 250
- media key units 253, 256–258, 273, 274
- media’s visual identities 282, 284, 287, 288, 294, 300, 303, 305
- European media 278, 280
- Russian media 18, 128
- social media 9, 18, 177, 235, 246, 279, 280, 283, 287, 300, 301
- memory
18, 20, 23, 104, 115,
143–145, 149,
172, 203, 251,
253, 286, 304
- memory of the (Russo-Japanese) war / conflict 126, 131
- memory of Tsushima / Tsushima’s memory 140, 143
- collective memory 18, 20, 108, 114, 115, 149
- cultural memory118
- historical memory 104, 144, 148, 149
- popular memory115
- metaphor
4, 36, 42, 44, 45,
47, 51, 54, 56, 59,
102, 105, 108,
110, 112, 116,
118, 158, 161,
173, 177, 181,
190, 203, 256,
261
- attack and defense metaphor 105, 112
- battle metaphor 51, 59
- building metaphor 47, 48
- familial metaphor108
- journey metaphor 44, 45, 59
- political metaphor4
- quest metaphor 54, 56, 59
- vassal metaphor173
- war metaphor 116, 170
- weapon of suppression metaphor 112, 117
- woman metaphor108
- metaphorical / metaphorically
36, 39, 42, 51, 59,
96, 117, 120, 138, 139,
165, 202, 260,
296
- de-metaphorized161
- moralization225, 231-233, 238, 241
- multimodality 17, 253
N
- nationalism
17, 98, 103, 110, 114,
116, 119, 144,
146, 177
- Hindu nationalism 103, 114, 116
- Russian nationalism 146, 192
- NATO
20, 51, 63, 66, 67,
70–72, 75,
77, 79–84, 88–91, 156, 158, 160, 164,
165, 167–69, 172, 182, 183,
191, 192, 207,
218, 230, 246,
285, 286, 301
- NATO member / membership 67, 70, 73, 75, 81, 83, 84, 88–91, 301
- negative(s)
204, 206, 207
- negative consequences 86, 189, 229, 230, 240, 243
- negative face 167, 182
- neutral / neutrality
1–4, 9,
17–20, 23,
63–78, 81,
83–85, 89,
90, 302
- non-neutrality90
- post-neutrality 18–20, 63, 65, 67, 70, 78, 81, 84, 85, 90, 91
- news text(s) 250, 256, 257, 270
- Nicholas II (Tsar) 125, 129, 136, 137
- Novikov-Priboi141
O
- open letter(s) 18, 22, 139, 217, 218, 220, 221, 224, 233, 234, 237, 243, 244, 245
P
- participation in international alliances / security frameworks
66, 71, 80, 81, 257
- non-participation in (military) alliance 69, 70, 71, 72, 77, 82
- partner(s)
15, 20, 53, 82–84, 91
- our (western) partners 159, 165, 168, 172
- news partner293
- strategic partners15
- partnership
52, 59, 72, 80, 90
- partnership with NATO / NATO’s partnership for peace 71, 79, 80, 83, 84
- partnership for peace52
- patriot / patriotic 38, 97, 98, 105, 108, 109, 112, 115, 117, 118, 132, 137, 146, 156, 160, 170, 198, 203, 211
- patriotism
105, 109, 118, 119, 128,
130, 145, 148,
149, 191
- unpatriotic116
- peace
- negative peace 16, 255, 257, 259
- positive peace 13, 257, 259, 273
- peacebuilding 8, 14
- peacemaking14
- peacekeeping
14, 46, 70
- breach of peace 22, 250, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263, 273, 274
- cold peace 12, 65
- counter-peace14
- just / unjust peace 13, 40, 56, 57, 60
- peacespeak9
- unpeace 17, 63 ; See also unwar
- political discourse(s)
68, 84, 96, 97, 103,
118, 134, 195,
206, 223, 225
- American political discourse30
- East European political discourse209
- majoritarian politics 112, 113, 115, 118
- Swedish political discourse 18, 69, 72, 76, 77
- political speeches 2, 18, 190, 223
- Port Arthur 124, 125, 128, 134, 140, 142–145, 147
- practical reasoning 85, 87, 88, 229
- pragmatic(s)
3, 17, 23, 34, 63,
67, 68, 70, 86, 97,
102, 119, 127,
158, 165, 190,
192, 195, 206,
212, 221, 223–226, 229, 231, 232, 238, 240,
243, 250–252, 274, 281, 282,
284, 302, 305
- pragma-rhetorical 3, 8, 18, 20, 21, 124, 126, 189, 193, 195, 205, 207, 251
- propaganda
2, 5, 6, 8–10, 175, 183, 192,
204, 211, 282
- anti-Ukrainian propaganda198
- Kremlin / Russian propaganda 158, 159, 167, 172, 175, 183
- Nazi propaganda8
- political propaganda2
- racist propaganda7
- Soviet propaganda168
- war / wartime propaganda 2, 3, 5, 8
- proximisation theory 18, 21, 156, 157, 165
- Putin, Vladimir 9, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 67, 144, 146, 156–160, 162, 163, 165–175, 178–185, 189, 191–193, 195–199, 201, 204, 205, 207–213, 228, 231, 238, 239, 243, 267
R
- racism 156, 176, 177, 181
- rationalization99, 111, 225, 231-233, 241
- reconceptualisation 20, 63, 65, 78, 81, 83, 91
- recontextualization
20, 22, 112, 117–120, 158, 217, 219,
220–222, 234,
236, 244
- explicit recontextualization 219, 222, 223, 235, 241, 242
- implicit recontextualization 219, 222, 227, 234, 242
- referendum
157, 160, 183, 262
- fake / so-called referendum(s) 157, 170, 184
- reversion of victims and offenders156, 158
- rhetoric
- metaphorical rhetoric 96, 120
- patriotic rhetoric132
- political rhetoric 4, 18
- presidential rhetoric33
- security rhetoric23
- war rhetoric 5, 18, 21, 156, 159, 169, 170, 184, 203
- rhetorical question(s) 21, 139, 140, 158, 177, 178, 180, 181, 240
- Russian Empire 131, 162
- Russian Federation 6, 12, 20, 125–127, 144, 148, 157, 160, 199
- Russian history textbooks 145, 146
- Russian media 18, 128
- Russian Navy 126, 131, 132, 144, 145
- Russian-Ukrainian war / Russia’s war on Ukraine 15, 19, 67, 72, 78, 82, 83, 89, 90, 238, 275, 303
- Russo-Japanese War 18, 20, 124–127, 129, 133–138, 140, 142, 144, 145, 148, 149
S
- sanctions 17, 107, 174, 177, 180, 184, 198, 263
- Satanism / Satanist 156, 179, 181
- security 2, 5, 15, 20, 23, 32, 49, 52, 53, 57, 60, 63–67, 69–91, 98, 116, 174, 180, 253, 257, 262, 264, 267, 285
- semantic domain(s) 181, 194–197, 199
- social actor(s) 192, 219, 222, 227
- solidarity 23, 65, 66–69, 71, 73–76, 79, 81, 84, 91, 111, 173, 176, 189, 191, 203, 211, 278, 279, 281–283, 285, 288, 290–192, 294, 296, 298, 300–306
- sovereignty
19, 65, 67, 68, 69,
74, 75, 78, 82, 83,
90, 91, 105, 176, 192,
301, 304
- national sovereignty 67, 176, 304
- state sovereignty69
- territorial sovereignty301
- Soviet era 126, 140, 146
- Soviet government 142, 144
- Soviet regime 140, 141, 148
- special military operation 9, 82, 172, 210
- speech act(s) 18, 20, 21, 68, 78, 85, 127, 135, 170, 181, 182, 184, 223, 235, 236
- stability 1, 5, 57, 58, 60, 66, 77, 79, 89, 162, 183, 192, 205, 211, 256, 257
- stand-off 256, 257, 258, 259, 267, 273, 274
- State of the Union Address 18, 19, 30, 33
- Swedish
- Swedish foreign policy 69, 81, 83, 85, 91
- Swedish government 82, 83, 85, 89
- Swedish identity 69, 74, 75
- Swedish leaders 18, 20
- Swedish membership (in NATO)75
- Swedish national values 20, 75, 91
- Swedish neutrality 68, 69, 74, 75
- Swedish official / political discourse(s) 18, 65, 69, 72, 76, 77, 78
- Swedish Parliament203
- Swedish policy 72, 75
- Swedish politicians 63, 67, 71, 76, 78, 85, 90, 91
- Swedish security policy 70, 81, 82, 83
- Swedish sovereignty74
- Swedish values 86, 87, 89, 90
- Swedishness72
T
- tension (between war and peace)
16, 17, 22, 65, 70,
82, 88, 111, 141, 190,
258, 259, 267,
269, 274
- Ukraine tension 268, 269
- terrorism
5, 32, 191
- counter-terrorism5
- war on terrorism5
- thematic roles 135, 136, 147
- time
6, 15–17, 19, 21, 36,
41, 44, 49, 59, 169
- times of crisis 20, 82, 91, 211, 279
- time of peace / peacetime 16, 33, 36, 82
- times of war / wartime 1, 2, 5, 8, 22, 23, 82, 129, 132, 190, 203, 210, 211, 257, 272, 274
- transatlantic
80, 81
- transatlantic alliance / cooperation65
- tsar
21, 124, 125, 127, 129,
130, 132, 133,
135, 136–139
- tsarism / tsarist 126, 127, 129, 131, 133, 140, 141, 143, 146, 148, 164
- Tsarist Russia 124, 129, 164
U
- unfriendly 198, 201, 207, 210 ; See also friendly
V
- Vantage Theory (VT)254
- vassals / vassalage 156, 173, 174, 176, 181, 182
- victory 1, 7, 11, 12, 21, 31, 56, 106, 125, 127, 128, 129, 143, 171, 190, 231
- violence
2, 3, 6, 12, 13,
17, 65, 99, 107, 108,
110–112, 157,
202, 261, 262
- (non)violence 2, 3, 17
W
- war / wartime
1–23, 30–32, 36, 52,
60, 64–70, 77, 82, 96,
99, 100, 112, 116, 118,
124–147, 156–159, 162, 163, 167, 169–171, 173, 174, 183,
190, 191, 193,
195, 198, 201,
203, 208–213, 217–222, 227, 228, 230, 232–235, 238, 240–242, 244, 250, 252–258, 262, 263, 267–274, 279–283, 285, 286–289, 294, 298, 300–305
- cold war 5, 7, 12, 14, 32, 47, 52, 65, 66, 70, 75, 77
- cyberwarfare10
- hybrid war / warfare 14, 15, 16, 159, 217
- just / unjust war 12, 13
- nuclear war 231, 232, 245, 302
- postwar 5, 19, 30, 31, 35, 36, 57, 60
- post-cold war 14, 20, 75, 77, 90
- pre-war 129, 250, 257, 267, 269, 273, 274, 304
- third world war 234, 237, 243
- unwar 17, 63 ; See also unpeace
- war of aggression 81, 82, 88, 231, 238
- war crimes 13, 171, 231, 239
- war memory 23, 126
- war-peace dichotomy / dialectic 1, 3, 15, 64
- warrior(s) 105, 106, 109, 112, 235
- war speech(es) 126, 210
- warspeak 9 ; See also war rhetoric
- World War I4, 31-33, 125, 131, 140-142
- World War II13, 15, 30, 42, 52, 55, 58, 64-65, 111, 143, 143, 146, 171, 177, 218, 241
- weapon(s)
8, 10, 32, 100, 105,
108, 112, 117,
125, 142, 174,
176, 180, 183,
198, 201, 218,
228, 230–232, 237, 238, 240,
241, 243–245
- biological weapons 176, 183
- nuclear weapons 198, 231
- weaponize / weaponization 17, 97, 101, 112, 116
Z
- Zelenskyy’s discourse / speeches 18, 19, 21, 22, 190–193, 195–197, 199–211, 213, 267, 271
