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We live in an era of great power competition, with the United States, China, Russia, and other nations vying for influence around the globe. And yet, our world is changing rapidly thanks to new digital technologies, an internet that touches every part of our lives, and military prowess measured less in bullets and more in cyber capabilities. Techland is our effort to understand this strange mix of great power politics and technologies, new and old.
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On EVs, Israel May Have to Choose Between China and the United States
In recent years, Chinese car manufacturers have become dominant in Israel’s EV market, presenting opportunities and challenges. As the great power rivalry between the United States and the People’s Republic...
How to Manage AI Big-Data Risks
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a science fiction fantasy—but AI systems are only as good as the code, training data, and algorithms used to create them. As AI continues...
The CCP’s Two-Track Approach to AI Training
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made clear its intention to become a world leader in developing and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) models. For now, the United States and American...
SpaceX Made History Today
This morning, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched a rocket dubbed “Starship” from a site near Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX planned to bring the huge first-stage booster of “Starship,” called the “Super...
How to Win Techno-Economic Competition with China
The most critical question for Western economies vis-à-vis China’s economic and technological challenge is whether and when China can become a real innovator. If China cannot meaningfully innovate, it poses...
The Internet of Things: Friend or Foe?
Israel’s pager exploit, targeting nearly 3000 Hezbollah operatives via their electronic devices, was undoubtedly a brilliant counterintelligence move. But it also serves as a grim reminder that a world built...
A Tailored Solution to the SHEIN-Temu Revelations
Whether it’s cars, high-end electronics, or groceries, nowadays, we want things cheap, and we want them now. It is hard to overstate the impact that the rise of e-commerce has...
How to Give Americans Back Control of Their Digital Identities
Our digital infrastructure is becoming more vulnerable. A single cyberattack on Ticketmaster exposed data from over 500 million customers. Chinese state-affiliated hackers secretly accessed email accounts at approximately twenty-five organizations,...
How to Slow the Spread of Lethal AI
Technology reporter Paul Mozur sounded shocked as he described his firsthand experience of First Person View (FPV) drones in Ukraine during a recent podcast appearance on The Daily. During the...
Winning the Tech Race: Why American CEOs Must Lead, Not Follow
The summer of 2024 is making a run for one of the most tumultuous in American political and stock market history. One presidential candidate dramatically stepped down, another barely dodged...
The End of Chevron Doctrine Will Unleash Space Exploration
When weighing factors that affect America’s strength in our renewed era of great-power competition, too many analysts overlook domestic regulatory law. June’s Supreme Court ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v....
The DOJ’s Ill-Conceived Nvidia Investigation
The Biden administration and a bicameral, bipartisan majority of Congress are working to promote semiconductor production in the United States. This would be news to the Department of Justice (DOJ),...