| dc.description.abstract | ‘New Coronavirus’ or ‘COVID-19’ is
identified as a ‘pandemic’ by the World Health
Organization. Apart from the concerns on health
security of world population, this pandemic was
able to create chaos in the international power
game since Western politics accused China for the
invention of the virus. However, who is
responsible? is yet a mystery to be resolved.
Therefore, the problem statement of this study is
to find out “whether COVID-19 is a bioweapon
China used as a modern strategy in world power
game?”. In order to find feasible solutions, this
study consists of the research questions of;
whether ‘COVID-19’ is a natural virus? Or an
artificially constructed virus? Or a virus invented
to be used as a biological weapon? the pros and
cons for China as a result of ‘COVID-19’? With
these, the weightage of this research will be more
to reveal the pragmatism behind accusations
inline to international power game. Therefore,
the objective of this study is to analyse the
relevance of this pandemic in international
power game. It is also important to note that this
is an explorative study and in order to achieve the
research goals, the research methodology
adopted in this study is qualitative, based on
secondary sources of media and internet.
Ultimately, it is the prime objective of this study
is to understand new global geopolitical realities
of superpowers by means of soft power rivalry
and further to navigate its’ impact on State
security. | en_US |
