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Strongmen at the Temple of Thymos
The status-driven fragility of a world dominated by Xi Jinping and Donald Trump
 • Michael Kovrig
Why Chinese state financiers have come to Canada’s investment summit
China Investment Corp, China International Capital Corp and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are in Toronto to look for passive stakes, but political…
 • Michael Kovrig and Patricia Xavier
Trump and Xi: from summit to summit or peak to trough?
Reading the tea leaves of the May US-China state visit to prepare for the reciprocal meeting on September 24
 • Michael Kovrig
The True Cost of Decoupling from China
Breaking with Beijing is more affordable than you think.
Published on Commonplace • 
China is claiming the right to punish its critics anywhere on Earth
A new law declares that organizations and individuals outside the PRC who “undermine ethnic unity” or “create ethnic division” can be pursued for legal…
Carney in Saudi Arabia: from moral suasion to strategic indispensability
The Prime Minister isn’t shrinking Canada’s ambitions, he’s updating them
 • Vina Nadjibulla
Hedging in Beijing and Barcelona: restoring the peloton
Western leaders keep walking into China’s choreography. Instead they should think more like elite cyclists — and diplomats
 • Michael Kovrig
Strategic Narratives
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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