The Asian Mirage: Cognitive Schemas, Beliefs, and America’s Strategic Misrecognition of China and India

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Brief Overview

Explores how entrenched cognitive schemas, beliefs, and biases led U.S. leaders to misread China’s intentions and undervalue India’s potential, revealing mechanisms of strategic misrecognition and mislearning in American grand strategy.

Author

• Navroz Singh, University of Delaware