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Cracks in the Firewall: How U.S. Tech Policy is Losing Ground to China
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...
A Tech Power Playbook for Donald Trump 2.0
In coming years, the pace of technological innovation and deployment will only quicken. The new administration will need a systematic and sustained approach. On January 20, Donald J. Trump entered...
From CHIPS to Ships: The Next Step in the U.S.-ROK Alliance
The Chinese Naval fleet has become the world’s largest, threatening the U.S. maritime dominance and unrestricted freedom of navigation in East Asia and the South China Sea. Although the U.S....
Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s Hidden Agreement
The 2024 presidential contest is already in general election mode, as President Biden and former President Trump, barring a health scare, have forced a rematch from 2020. Voters are re-evaluating...
China Is Poised to Dominate Global Chipmaking—Will It Succeed?
China’s national champions for computer chip – or semiconductor – design and manufacturing, HiSilicon and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), are making waves in Washington. SMIC was long considered a...
Now is the Time for Washington to Prove Seoul’s Decision Right
The political situation for President Yoon Suk-Yeol of the Republic of Korea is challenging due to growing domestic criticism. This comes despite, and in some respects because of, his recent...
Intel Is Reeling: Why Should the Government Save It?
Gordon Moore, one of the founding fathers of Silicon Valley, died on March 24 at the age of ninety-four. He co-founded Intel in 1968 and grew it into one of...
The WTO’s War on National Sovereignty Has Begun
China has filed a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States for the export controls it placed on computer chips in October. The controls devised by...
What the Midterms Mean for U.S.-China Tech Competition
Technological competition with China was not an issue on most voters’ minds during the 2022 midterm elections. The resilience of American democratic institutions, however, was frequently linked to these elections....
America Needs an Asian Chip Alliance, Not Decoupling
A pandemic-induced semiconductor supply chain snarl caused global production jams in a wide array of products used for consumer, industry, and military applications. Combined with the geopolitical risk created by...
How the White House Can Win the War for Blockchain
In July, Congress passed the Chips and Science Act, which authorized a blockchain specialist for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). But now, Congress should go...
An Immigration Strategy for Great Power Competition
Tension across the Pacific is heightening as China’s grand strategy seeks to reorder the world to its interests. China’s fiery economic growth has rapidly cooled in recent years, but rather...