China, US Spar in the Geopolitical Coercion Game

A new era of geopolitical competition in recent years has yielded a glossary of terms that have made the leap from the halls of academia and technocracy to public use. And the G-7 leaders’ meetings in Hiroshima, Japan, over the past few days marked a launch party for one phrase in particular: economic coercion.

The leaders dedicated much of a statement on Saturday to complaining about its rise and launching a “Coordination Platform on Economic Coercion” in response. (Read it here).