Diplomasi ‘Wolf Warrior’: Respons Kebijakan Luar Negeri Cina pada Masa Pandemi COVID-19

The aggressive and assertive ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy that carried out by Chinese diplomats during the COVID-19 pandemic received international attention. Diplomats as state representative of a country took aggressive actions and resulted questions from various parties. This study seeks to explain the factors that influenced the aggressive actions of Chinese 'wolf warrior' diplomats. This study uses a qualitative method which uses theory to conceptually view the phenomenon of 'wolf warrior' diplomacy carried out by China. Using neoclassical realism theory, this paper describes the factors that influenced the emergence of 'wolf warrior' diplomacy as China's foreign policy response. Neoclassical realism combines external and internal factors in the analysis of foreign policy. The result of this study showsthat the emergence of 'wolf warrior' diplomacy was influenced by international pressure due to COVID-19 as an external factor as well as the influence of the leader's image and strategic culture as internal factors.