| Narratives are a powerful tool that helps guide the human experience. Their effect on
international relations is a less-studied area which needs to be understood by scholars. This thesis
uses the Narrative Policy Framework as a tool to examine these narratives by shifting the
framework to better function at the international level with some redefinition that incorporates IR
theory with the core concepts of the policy understanding. A case study using the Narrative
Policy Framework combined with discourse networks is used to examine narratives that are used
within the Georgian-Abkhazian War of 1992-93. The focus is on narratives in English used by
the participants within the United Nations.
Keywords: Narratives, Discourse Network Analysis, Narrative Policy Framework, International
Relations, Strategic Narrative, Georgia, Abkhazia, United Nations, Policy Narratives, Conflict,
Security Council |