"Sino-American hegemony: Paving the way towards an era of Cold Peace?" An assessment of divergent understandings of global leadership through the lens of the Russia-Ukraine crisis
Author
Albrecht, Gioia Sophie
Term
4. term
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-05-25
Pages
67
Abstract
This thesis examines how the United States and China understand and exercise hegemony, illustrated through their positioning during the Russia–Ukraine crisis. To provide context, it first outlines key events and drivers leading up to the war and situates the conflict within the broader Sino-American rivalry and emerging bipolarity. The study employs a qualitative content analysis of officially published press releases and briefings from both great powers to identify underlying norm priorities and the target audiences their rhetoric seeks to persuade. The analysis is grounded in the concept of strategic rhetorical dissociation and the English School’s theory of hegemony and legitimacy in international society. The findings indicate that the United States and China differ in their normative priorities and in the constituencies they seek to enlist to accept their global leadership, and that future cooperation is likely to become more tumultuous. The thesis also offers suggestions for further research and reflections on applying the chosen theoretical approaches.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan USA og Kina forstår og udøver hegemoni, belyst gennem deres positionering under Rusland-Ukraine-krisen. For at skabe en helhedsforståelse skitserer studiet først centrale begivenheder og drivkræfter op til krigens udbrud og placerer krisen i en bredere kontekst af tiltagende sino-amerikansk konkurrence og fremvoksende bipolaritet. Analysen bygger på en kvalitativ indholdsanalyse af officielt offentliggjorte pressemeddelelser og pressebriefinger fra begge stormagter for at identificere underliggende normprioriteringer og de målgrupper, som retorikken søger at overbevise. Teoretisk forankres undersøgelsen i strategisk retorisk dissociation og Den Engelske Skoles forståelse af hegemoni og legitimitet i det internationale samfund. Resultaterne peger på, at USA og Kina adskiller sig i deres normative prioriteringer og i, hvilke stater de primært henvender sig til for at opnå accept af deres globale lederskab, og at fremtidigt samarbejde sandsynligvis bliver mere tumultarisk. Specialet skitserer desuden perspektiver for videre forskning og overvejelser ved anvendelsen af de valgte teorier.
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