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Michael Every
@TheMichaelEvery
London, Bratislava, Moscow, Sydney, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Haifa, Singapore,… Luton. “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
Joined May 2014
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Who knew that immigration, emigration, and tourism could all be parts of economic statecraft? Anybody who knew anything about the topic: EVERYTHING can be! China will now restrict overseas trips for mid-to-senior-level civil servants, CCP cadres, SOE employees, and private citizens working in sensitive areas. By contrast, the West will open its doors wide for anyone going in and out. Question: which works better in a Cold and hot war environment, and why? Years ago, I lived in a Moscow suburb that had until then been a closed Soviet science city: its highly-educated population had been shielded from others for national security reasons. Question: With contacts in elite universities saying many western scientists are underpaid, autistically apolitical and focused on their research, or utopian or anti-western thinkers, and universities focus on making money, how long until a western politician argues their scientists and experts need to have restrictions imposed on travel and contact with outsiders, etc.? Economic statecraft is not just tariffs!
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