Conspiracy Theories in International Relations - Power and Identities

The book maps the impact of conspiracy theories at the international political level.
It shows how a conspiracy theory travels from the sender through communication channels to the receiver, influencing the processes of construction and deconstruction of the interpretation of the surrounding reality. It therefore serves as an instrument of information warfare to create international advantage, generate profits, or achieve ideological goals. The book presents academic reflection on a socially important problem - conspiracy theories, their patterns of dissemination, and their impact on identity formation.
This book is of key interest to scholars and students of conspiracy theories, global governance, global security, international studies/ relations, and social psychology.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Theoretical and methodological framework 2. Senders of conspiracy theories (storytelling the world) 3. The message of conspiracy theories (a story about the world) 4. The channels of conspiracy theories (the world is being told) 5. Receivers of conspiracy theories (the world has been told) 6. The QAnon Theory and its international impact: A case study. Conclusions

About the author

Katarzyna Gruszko is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Public Policy at the Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Poland.
Tomasz Gajewski is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science and Public Policy at the Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Poland.

Product details

• Authors: Tomasz Gajewski, Katarzyna Gruszko, Katarzyna (Jan Kochanowski University Gruszko
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.01.2026
• EAN: 9781032933672
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3293367-2
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Studies on Challenges, Crises and Dissent in World Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), International Relations, Warfare & defence, Social, group or collective psychology, Warfare and defence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Communication