Great Power Competition: Beijing vs. the Free World Wednesday, March 10 at 6 pm Former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger will discuss the new landscape in the great power competition between the U.S. and China, and strategic pitfalls that free countries must avoid. Go here to register. Matt Pottinger is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow […]…
About: William Holstein
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President Biden Just Committed “Industrial Policy.” Will Anyone Object? Or Does It Point The Way to Counter China?
The United States has had a long and tangled debate about the term “industrial policy,” which is a codeword for asking, what is the proper relationship between the federal government and private industry? The Biden Administration has just exercised industrial policy in a most forceful manner. Officials reached out to the pharmacetical company Merck, which […]…
An Important OPC Event on March 18–How Will Biden and Xijinping Handle the Taiwan issue?
I organized this event and will moderate. See details here…
Is Artificial Intelligence Empowering the Hackers?
I would not ordinarily promote an advertisement, but this one from a company called DarkTrace, on an email to subscribers from the MIT Technology Review, is so alarming and revealing I feel compelled to share it. The Chinese and Russians must be using AI tools to attack American computer systems, as revealed by the SolarWinds […]…
Myanmar Shapes Up As Fascinating Test Case of How China Suppresses Dissent–Everywhere
The NY Times has this top-notch piece today explaining how Chinese government-related entities may help Myanmar’s military rulers stiffle all dissent by helping to build Myanmar’s own version of China’s Great Firewall. It turns out that Huawei and ZTE built much of Myanmar’s telecommunications network. And surveillance cameras made by Huawei have gone up in […]…
