Strategic Narratives
Michael Kovrig, Vina Nadjibulla, Patricia Xavier, Jonathan S. LandrethComment 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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Huawei on trial, #3
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Solomon, one of the prosecutors in the Huawei case. Screenshot: C-SPAN.
This is the third in our series of blog entries with in-person coverage from the ongoing trial of Huawei Technologies (华为技术有限公司). Ent...
Huawei on trial, #2
Former HSBC executive Alan Thomas is questioned by U.S. prosecutor Alexander Solomon as a photograph of Meng Wanzhou is displayed during Huawei’s trial in Brooklyn federal court, September 30, 2026. Courtroom sketch by Jane Rosenberg/Reuter...
Huawei on trial, #1
In this post, reports from a Brooklyn courtroom as Strategic Narratives brings you the first in a series of blog entries on the ongoing trial of Huawei Technologies in the Eastern District of New York.
Trial Day Four: September 14, 202...
Five years of freedom, and the PRC is still taking hostages
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 ploy to coerce Canada into releasing a Chinese telecom executiv...
Strongmen at the Temple of Thymos
Photo: Brendan Smialowski - Pool/Getty Images
In May, Xi Jinping escorted Donald Trump through Beijing’s magisterial ancient buildings, where the Ming and Qing emperors performed rites that mediated between heaven and the earthly order. It...
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Writer, researcher, geopolitical analyst, policy advocate, investor, philanthropist. Former diplomat. CEO, Kovrig Group. Co-Founder, Centre for Strategic Statecraft. Senior Adviser, International Crisis Group. China/Indo-Pacific hand. 己所不欲,勿施於人
I am interested in geopolitics, foreign policy and international relations.
Chinese politics researcher
I'm a veteran reporter applying my research and writing skills to convey complex meaning in accessible language for the public good. I aim to spark dialogue between readers and leaders.
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