Lazard’s Theodore Bunzel and Addar Levi Co-Author Foreign Affairs Essay on Countering Chinese Coercion

China is increasingly using its economic influence as a geopolitical tool, relying on export controls, critical mineral dependencies, and market access to pressure Western economies. The United States and its allies have struggled to counter these tactics individually, but together they hold a considerable advantage.

In a recent essay in Foreign Affairs Magazine, How America Can Counter Chinese Coercion, Lazard Head of Geopolitical Advisory Teddy Bunzel and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs Addar Levi, together with Eddie Fishman of the Council on Foreign Relations, argue that the United States and its allies should form a formal economic security alliance modeled on NATO’s principle of mutual defense. The essay explores how the world's leading democratic economies can translate their collective economic strength into a more effective geopolitical strategy.

Read the full essay in Foreign Affairs Magazine here.