01181nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653001000052653002200062653002300084653001800107653002400125653001700149653001100166100001700177245003400194300001000228490000700238520071800245       2022                            d  c202210aChina10aeconomic coercion10aeconomic diplomacy10aeconomic NATO10ageoeconomic threats10ageoeconomics10aRussia1 aRon Matthews00aThe Case for an Economic NATO  a25-390 v213 a<p>This article examines the need for liberal democracies to respond to the growth of economic bullying, coercion, gunboat diplomacy, and geoeconomic pressure undertaken by Russia and China. The political call for an economic NATO-type international organization is growing louder following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resultant constraints imposed on food and energy supply, and China’s bullying of the tiny NATO and EU state, Lithuania. This article chronicles examples of Russian and Chinese economic sanctions and the impact of China’s geoeconomic diplomacy before identifying and explaining actual and potential western policy responses, especially the establishment of an Economic NATO.</p>