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Technology & National Security
U.S. Ban on China Telecom Signals Broad Concern Over BeijingA U.S. ban of China Telecom (Americas) Corp. by regulators shows that broad concerns about Beijing persist in Washington, even as the Biden administration takes steps to impro...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
House Bill Aims to Bridge Acquisition ‘Valley of Death’ In Race to Counter ChinaTwo provisions in the latest version of a House defense bill seek to bridge the "valley of death," the acquisition-process obstacles that can stop promising technology from ge...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Europe was the world’s great tech enforcer. Not anymore.When it comes to taking on Big Tech, there are new sheriffs in town: Beijing and Washington. From enacting the world’s strictest privacy law to placing guardrails against the ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
The U.S.-China Tech Conflict Front Line Goes Through BelgiumThe historic Belgian city of Leuven is known for its centuries-old university and as the headquarters of brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev NV. Less so as the location of a se...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
EU, US launch trade, technology council to outcompete ChinaThe European Union and United States launched a trade and technology council that seeks to “write the rules of the road” on the global economy, in the face of growing competit...
By Martijn Rasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Rising China hovers over G-7 summitAll eyes will be on Britain when the leaders of the G-7 convene Friday on the shores of Carbis Bay in Cornwall. They won’t be at the table, but the specter looming over the fe...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Will Europe sign up to Joe Biden’s plan to counter China?Ever since he entered the White House in January, Joe Biden has articulated one foreign policy goal above others — to work with allies to restrain China.After the drama and ta...
By Martijn Rasser
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Biden signs order banning investment in dozens of Chinese defence and tech firmsUS President Joe Biden on Thursday (June 3) barred Americans from investing in dozens of Chinese companies in the defence sector or whose surveillance technology aids in serio...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Whose News?The day Joe Biden was sworn in as president — January 20, 2021 — was a good day for news apps. Stuck at home due to the global pandemic, many Americans turned to their phones ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
US-China tech war: Beijing's secret chipmaking championsOnce a month, senior executives of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. fly to Beijing for a flurry of meetings with China's top economic management bodies. They focus on the compa...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
New Huawei fears over Dutch mobile eavesdroppingHuawei was able to eavesdrop on all conversations taking place on one of the Netherlands' largest mobile networks, according to a Dutch newspaper report. Huawei staff both in ...
By Martijn Rasser
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EU mulls end to extradition treaties with China over Hong Kong electoral reform, but not every member state agrees
Under pressure from the United States and reeling from a blitz of Chinese sanctions, the European Union is preparing new measures to punish Beijing for sweeping electoral refo...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
New tech poised to neutralize Washington’s Huawei problemOnce dismissed as “pie in the sky” by top officials, Open Radio Access Networks are suddenly poised to upend China’s dominance in the global telecom marketplace. And as Washin...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
U.S. Enlists Allies to Counter China’s Technology PushPresident Biden portrays U.S. relations with China as a clash of values: democracy vs. autocracy. But his rhetoric obscures the administration’s more pragmatic approach of cob...
By Martijn Rasser
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Biden seeks common front with Europe to counter China, Russia
United States President Joe Biden breathed new life into the transatlantic alliance in his first address to a global audience on Friday. He declared that America had returned ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China movesThe Biden administration is backing off former President Donald Trump’s attempts to ban the popular video app TikTok, asking a court to postpone a legal dispute over the propo...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Biden’s biggest clean-energy partner: China“Ultimately, bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. would require a rethink of economic policy,” said Martijn Rasser, a senior fellow at the bipartisan Center for a New Ameri...
By Martijn Rasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
California Mine Becomes Key Part of Push to Revive US Rare Earths ProcessingIn 2021, a more than 70-year-old mine in California’s Mojave Desert will become the center of an effort to revive an American mineral refining system that some say is critical...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Trump Could Torpedo a Bill to Boost Funding for AIOver a tumultuous four years, the Trump administration has steadily emphasized the importance of artificial intelligence to American competitiveness. Now President Trump must ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Can China Become Self-reliant in Semiconductors?The U.S. added China's biggest computer chipmaker SMIC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies last week, a move that will further widen the gap between China’s c...
By Martijn Rasser