The European Union is planning to adopt semiconductor export controls, restrictions on outbound investment in China, and new rules to reduce the European market share of Chinese renewables. This strategy brings Brussels' into closer alignment with Washington and is likely to increase tensions with Beijing significantly.

Why should Washington save Intel? The answer most frequently provided by policymakers is that the U.S. produces no advanced chips, putting it at risk of losing a conflict with China if Taiwan is unable to ship chips across the Pacific. In reality, this is a canard. Peter Wennink, CEO of Dutch lithography giant ASML, dispelled this myth in December, saying that “it is common knowledge that chip technology for purely military applications is usually 10, 15 years old.” America’s warfighting capability is not meaningfully undermined by its lack of production of advanced chips as even platforms like the F-35 fighter jet use only legacy chips.

U.S. export controls on China’s semiconductor industry are just the opening salvos in a series of unprecedented export controls on China planned by the Biden administration. After controls on semiconductors, the Commerce Department is moving on to the next emerging technology it worries China could weaponize—quantum computing.

The United States celebrates June as Pride month to commemorate the Stonewall Riots in June 1969 when police raided Stonewall Inn, a New York City bar frequented by the LGBTQI+ communities. While queer communities have overcome several obstacles to achieving equality and inclusivity, the US national security community is lagging. Three members of Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen Initiative highlight areas that the NatSec community should focus on.

A less confrontational approach towards Chinese chipmakers would reduce inflation and stem the escalatory spiral of economic warfare between the United States and China.

 For this interview, DSR Daily Brief Hosts Grant Haver and Chris Cotnoir talk with Kevin Klyman, a Research Analyst at Harvard’s Belfer Center about his recent op-ed “Biden’s Successor to TPP Is a Boon for Big Tech”.  What is the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework?  How can the Biden administration make it better?  Will big tech ever be reined in? Find out in this jam-packed episode.

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework seeks to prohibit forcing tech companies to share source code or store data locally.

Analysts abroad assume China’s new regulations and restrictions on tech giants will destroy the industry. On the contrary, this is achieving several key goals for Beijing.

The Biden administration has exacerbated President Trump's tech war with China, increasing the risk of more widespread economic warfare. Instead of slapping sanctions on advanced technologies, the US and China should put their energy into collaborating to mitigate the climate crisis and distribute digital public goods

Digital development has the potential to made the international development ecosystem more dynamic and data-driven. But it may also fail to achieve its primary goal of reducing poverty if it reinforces Big Tech's power in emerging markets.