The COVID-19 Pandemic and China's Strategic Advantage: How did the geopolitical contexts during the pandemic contribute to strengthening the China's global position ?

Abstract

This article discusses the geopolitical contexts of the COVID-19 pandemic and China's efforts to seize the opportunities presented by it to achieve strategic advantages. In its first section, the article deals with the impact of epidemic and disease issues on the geopolitical agendas of international actors. second section stopped at the milestones and dimensions of China’s employment of the health and economic crisis that accompanied the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, to target
great strategic goals. the article, in its third part, deals with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on China’s position and the existing geopolitical balances, especially in light of the vacuum left by the floundering of Western democratic countries, led by the United States, with the epidemic situation internally and externally. This article concluded by emphasizing the great geopolitical repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in the existing power relations. Imbalance in the timing of the crisis and recovery from it between China and Western countries, prompted by the latter's confusion with the situation of the epidemic at home, and the introverted politics pursued by the Trump administration, all factors have strengthened China's position as a global leader in fighting the epidemic, and image of its political system and its strong leadership capability of facing crises internally and abroad.