Your Past is my Present: Does evoking historical analogies change public opinion regarding foreign policy?

• Main Authors: MENON, Anil, ABRAMSON, Yehonathan, DULAY, Dean C., JONES, Pauline
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2025
• Subjects: Defense and Security Studies; International Relations; Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4136; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5395/viewcontent/YourPast_MyPresent_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Historical analogies are often employed as tools of public persuasion on security and foreign policies. While existing research points to the potential power of historical analogies on domestic audiences, it has not examined the effect of historical analogies on foreign publics. Using speeches by Uk...