简介：Thedynamicsofcollectiverememberingareexaminedbyanalyzingwhathappenswhena'blankspot'inhistoryisfilledwithinformationthathadpreviouslynotbeenavailableorpubliclyacknowledged.TakingRussianaccountsofthesecretprotocolsoftheMolotov-RibbentropPactof1939asacasestudy,itisarguedthat'schematicnarrativetemplates'thatshapedeepcollectivememorygiverisetoatendencytomaintainthismemoryandhelpitovercomethe'narrativerift'thatoccurswhenembarrassingepisodesfromthepastarepubliclyacknowledged.Schematicnarrativetemplatesaresetforthasunderlyingstrongconservativeforcesthatresistchangeincollectivememoryatadeeplevel.Itissuggestedthatdebatesgroundedinformalhistorymayhelpovercomethisresistancetochangebutthatsucheffortswillbelimitedaslongastheforcesofdeepcollectivememoryarenotrecognized.

简介：Putin’sforceful,almostcontemptuousdismissalofwarningsfromU.S.andEuropeanleadersaboutthedangerouspathhewaspursuingledtoanxiousspeclationaboutwhatlaybehindit.Afteryearsofpursuingapragmaticgeopoliticalgamethatwasunderstandable,thoughnotalwaysappreciatedbytheWest,Putinseemedtobeoperatinginadifferentworld.HehadspentyearscourtingacceptanceinorganizationsliketheG8,whosemeetinghehadplannedonhostinginthenewSochiWinterOlympicssetting,butin2014heseemedtobethrowingeverythingawayinpursuitofsomesortofmissionthatfewinthewestunderstood.