Research · 2025

Weaponizing Conspiracy Theories

How conspiracy narratives become instruments of political power. A comparative study of their use in Europe, the United States and Russia.

The book examines the political use of the Eurabia narrative in Europe, the Deep State narrative in the United States and anti-Western narratives in Russia. Bergmann considers how these stories move into mainstream politics, and how political leaders use them to frame threats, opponents and their own role.

Published by

Routledge

Publication year

2025

ISBN

9781032607382

Areas

Conspiracy theories · Populism · Political communication