позиционировать себя как

cast oneself as (в качестве Nibiru); hold oneself out as (Stas-Soleil); portray oneself as (Ремедиос_П); pitch oneself as (Ремедиос_П); project itself as (On the one hand, China has not condemned Russia's actions... On the other, China isn't happy about what the war has done to the global economy. It projects itself as neutral on the Ukraine issue...