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Hostage Diplomacy Is Back. It Requires a Forceful Response.
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Hostage Diplomacy Is Back. It Requires a Forceful Response.

It has risen from being a tool of terrorists in the modern era to one used by governments.
Hostage Diplomacy Is Back. It Requires a Forceful Response.

Some may have missed the triumphant return to China of Huawei “princess” Meng Wanzhou, the Chinese telecom megalith’s chief operating officer and daughter of its founder and CEO, in the waning days of September. The result of negotiations that began under the Trump administration, Meng’s return to China triggered the reciprocal release of two Canadian hostages arrested close to three years ago by the Beijing government, almost certainly for the express purpose of forcing an exchange.

Danielle Pletka is a distinguished senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the host, with Marc Thiessen, of the podcast What the Hell Is Going On?

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