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AI, Encryption, and Data Flows: Policy Imperatives for U.S. Leadership
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...

Symposium: The U.S.-China Technology Race
The United States and China are engaged in a high-stakes contest over the technologies that will define economic strength, military power, and global influence in the 21st century. From artificial...

The American Path to Competitive Advantage
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...

Winning the Innovation Race: Three Key Policies to Secure U.S. Tech Leadership Over 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...

Strategic Imperatives in the U.S.-China Technology Race: Power, Hardware, and Engineering Expertise
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...

Tank Tussle: Defense Contractors are Fighting Over the Future of Ground Warfare
Oshkosh Defense is primarily known for medium tactical vehicles such as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and blast-deflecting Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle. But now it is preparing to develop...

DEFIANT X Could Be a Big Part of the U.S. Army’s Future
Slicing through the sky faster than 230 knots, sleeking beneath the radar clutter, maneuvering just above buildings and mountainous terrain to deliver infantry into the hostile fire for a massive,...

Is Ultramarathon Running a Safe Sport?
The 2021 Yellow River Stone Forest 100km trail race in Gansu province, China, ended in tragedy in May, when unexpectedly severe weather resulted in the deaths of 21 of the...

Watch Out QLED: LG Has Some Insane OLED TV Ideas
LG Display, the company that makes the majority of the world’s OLED panels, last year launched a competition called OLEDs Go!, in conjunction with the UK design magazine Dezeen, to...

The Economic Angle in the China Debate
The China challenge has prompted lots of analyses and a flood of articles. All this considerable work focuses on the growing tension between Washington and Beijing. Some of it foresees...

Why Didn’t China Have an Industrial Revolution Before Europe Did?
I’m pretty confident that America’s so-called “great stagnation” in productivity and economic growth is over. At least I am on odd-numbered days. And since there are slightly more odd- than even-numbered days...

America and China’s Chess Match for the Future of Green Energy
Over the past two decades, China has quietly built a global dominance in the raw materials needed for green energy—and they’re willing to use them to achieve their political ends....