CGSR | U.S.-China Technological 'Decoupling' by Jon Bateman

Abstract: A partial “decoupling” of U.S. and Chinese technology ecosystems is well underway. The U.S. government has been a primary driver in recent years with its increased use of technology restrictions: export controls, divestment orders, licensing denials, visa bans, sanctions, tariffs, and the like. Yet the United States still lacks a clear vision for what it hopes to achieve and a sound strategy for achieving it. Without these, the U.S. government risks doing too little or—more likely—too much to curb technological interdependence with China. In this talk, Jon Bateman will summarize his major new report on U.S.-China technological decoupling. He will explain how U.S. thinking and policy have evolved in recent years, frame the major strategic choices facing U.S. leaders, and show how a responsible strategy can be translated into implementable policies and processes.

Bio: Jon Bateman is a senior fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His work focuses on large-scale policy challenges such as U.S.-China tech tensions, global influence operations, and systemic cyber risk. He is the author of U.S.-China Technological “Decoupling”: A Strategy and Policy Framework. Jon also served as director for cyber strategy implementation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He led development of the first comprehensive policy for military cyber operations, helped to establish a unified Cyber Command, and co-founded the Secretary’s Principal Cyber Advisor Staff to oversee all defense cyber activities. Previously, Mr. Bateman was a senior intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. As the agency’s chief expert on Iran’s cyber forces and a range of other Iranian politico-military issues, he led a team that produced strategic intelligence assessments for the White House and the Pentagon.

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I am a left-Progrssive yet I think the Restrictionists are right. The billionaire class and the financial sector want their short term gains at our expense, however, and have been running the show since the 1990s, and will resist the warnings until it is far too late.