The limitations of strategic narratives: The Sino-American struggle over the meaning of COVID-19

L Hagström, K Gustafsson - Contemporary Security Policy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Recent research has explored how the Sino-American narrative struggle around COVID-19
might affect power shift dynamics and world order. An underlying assumption is that states …

[HTML][HTML] The post-pandemic world: between constitutionalized and authoritarian orders–China's narrative-power play in the pandemic era

YY Chang - Journal of Chinese political science, 2021 - Springer
The paper aims to address the development of China's narrative power during the COVID-
19 pandemic and its impact on world order. It argues that in the post-pandemic world, the …

How do strategic narratives shape policy adoption? Responses to China's Belt and Road Initiative

C Van Noort, T Colley - Review of international studies, 2021 - cambridge.org
Strategic narratives are increasingly considered important for domestic and international
support for foreign policy. However, debate continues about why some strategic narratives …

[HTML][HTML] The politics of blaming: The narrative battle between China and the US over COVID-19

BN Jaworsky, R Qiaoan - Journal of Chinese political science, 2021 - Springer
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are witnessing a surge of nationalism throughout an
ostensibly globalized world. In this article, we focus on the “narrative battle” over COVID-19 …

A critical juncture? COVID-19 and the fate of the US–China struggle for supremacy

T Ameyaw-Brobbey - World Affairs, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article compares the United States' and China's international efforts of responding to the
current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and considers how the global public is receiving …

The authoritarian narrator: China's power projection and its reception in the Gulf

J Gurol - International Affairs, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This article argues that transregional communication mechanisms and the diffusion of
narratives are important co-drivers towards autocratization. Offering a look beyond the …

Contesting strategic narratives in a global context: The world watches the 2016 US election

R Kluver, S Cooley, R Hinck - The International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
National media narratives often embody “strategic narratives” that embody national
consensus on geopolitics. The 2016 US presidential election was an event of intense …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine (public) diplomacy: legitimacy narratives in the pandemic age

JL Manfredi-Sánchez - Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 2023 - Springer
This paper examines how China, United States, the European Union, and Russia deal with
the COVID crisis creating a legitimacy narrative to promote their political projects and values …

Narrative, ontological security, and foreign policy change

J Subotić - Foreign policy analysis, 2016 - academic.oup.com
While the recent IR “narrative turn” has greatly improved our understanding of how
narratives influence state policy choices, we need to deepen our understanding of how …

From Wuhan to the world: How the pandemic will reshape geopolitics

F Heisbourg - Survival: Global Politics and Strategy June-July …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
It is too early to project what global geopolitics will look like in the wake of the ongoing
phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. In late January and early February, before the World …