TY - BOOK AU - HAGSTROM Linus AU - GUSTAFSSON Karl TI - The limitations of strategic narratives: the Sino-American struggle over the meaning of COVID-19 PY - 2021/// KW - CHINA KW - COVID-19 KW - POWER SHIFT KW - ASIA KW - ASIA PACIFIC KW - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N2 - 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 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13523260.2021.1984725 ER -