The article argues that policymakers often make use of historical narratives in order to underpin their foreign policy agenda. It duly explores how the structure of such a narrative is realized linguistically and illustrates this point by exploring a recent shift in Ukrainian foreign policy discourse. It is argued that in order to justify its pro-EU foreign policy agenda, the Ukrainian political leadership has promoted the understanding that Ukrainians have historical experiences that are similar to Europeans and different from Russians, and that this justifies Ukraine’s aspirations to distance itself from Russia and become an EU member.

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历史叙事在乌克兰对欧盟和俄罗斯政策中的作用

文章认为，决策者经常利用历史叙事来支撑其外交政策议程。它适当地探讨了这种叙述的结构是如何在语言上实现的，并通过探讨乌克兰外交政策话语的最新变化来说明这一点。有人认为，为了证明其亲欧盟外交政策议程的合理性，乌克兰政治领导人增进了对乌克兰人具有类似于欧洲人和不同于俄罗斯人的历史经验的理解，这证明了乌克兰与俄罗斯保持距离的愿望是正当的。并成为欧盟成员。