Strategic Narratives, Ontological Security and Global Policy Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Strategic Narratives, Ontological Security and Global Policy provides a pathbreaking account of why some states successfully convince others to join their policy initiatives, and why others fail. Examining China’s Belt and Road Initiative and COVID-19, Thomas Colley and Carolijn van Noort argue that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Colley, Thomas, van Noort, Carolijn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Strategic Narratives and Global Policy Initiatives
  • 2. Strategic Narratives, Ontological Security and Policy Change
  • 3. China’s Belt and Road Strategic Narratives up to the Second Belt and Road Forum
  • 4. Accepting the Belt and Road Initiative: Kazakhstan and Italy
  • 5. Ontological Security Concerns about the Belt and Road Initiative: the UK and the Netherlands
  • 6. Rejecting the Belt and Road Initiative: the USA and India
  • 7. Material Concerns about the Belt and Road Initiative: Mexico and the Maldives
  • 8. China’s COVID-19 Strategic Narratives in 2020 and How States Responded to Them
  • 9. Conclusion