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Open this photo in gallery: THE GLOBE AND MAIL. SOURCES: GETTY IMAGES Henry Farrell is the SNF Agora professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Abraham L. Newman is a professor at the School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University. They are the co-authors of Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy, which is a finalist for this year’s Lionel Gelber Prize. When the United States imposed sanctions on Hong Kong’s then-chief executive Carrie Lam in 2020, in response to her government’s crackdown on democratic...