HAGSTROM Linus

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