HeyJaredMichael Kovrig's Strategic Narratives
Comment and analysis on geopolitics, geoeconomics, global security, communication, and human values with a focus on China, the Indo-Pacific and great-power rivalry. Posts explore the strategic narratives that shape perceptions and drive decisions.
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Five years of freedom, and the PRC is still taking hostages (opens the original)
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Five years ago this week, I left China after its Communist Party finally agreed to a negotiated end to my wrongful detention there. I’d been a political hostage in its ruthless effort to coerce Canada into releasing a Chinese telecom executive. For the anniversary of my liberation, this post collects most of what I’ve said publicly about the ordeal and its implications. You’ll have to wait a while longer to read the full account of what happened. The story has many layers, and it’s still not ove
Five years of freedom, and the PRC is still taking hostages (opens the original)
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Five years ago this week, I left China after its Communist Party finally agreed to a negotiated end to my wrongful detention there. I’d been a political hostage in its ruthless effort to coerce Canada into releasing a Chinese telecom executive. For the anniversary of my liberation, this post collects most of what I’ve said publicly about the ordeal and its implications. You’ll have to wait a while longer to read the full account of what happened. The story has many layers, and it’s still not ove
Strongmen at the Temple of Thymos (opens the original)
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Strongmen at the Temple of Thymos (opens the original)
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Why Chinese state financiers have come to Canada’s investment summit (opens the original)
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