The limitations of strategic narratives: the Sino-American struggle over the meaning of COVID-19/
Linus Hagstrom and Karl Gustafsson
- 2021
This article evaluates such claims taking a mixed-methods approach. It analyzes American and Chinese strategic narratives about the pandemic, and their global diffusion and resonance in regional states that are important to the U.S.-led world order: Australia, India, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. While the article confirms that strategic narratives remain a highly popular policy instrument, it argues that their efficacy appears limited.
CHINA--COVID-19 COVID-19 POWER SHIFT CHINA--ASIA--ASIA PACIFIC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA