by James Lewis | Mar 17, 2025 | Suggested Readings
The surprise winner in the U.S.-China tech war? Vietnam’s chip industry Vietnamese chip component suppliers are responding to growing market demands for products with no Chinese link, Lam Le, 28 July 2025...
by James Lewis | Mar 6, 2025 | Chips & China, Essay, Policy and Strategy, Tech Transfer
The Chip Illusion and Competition with China – “The more the United States abuses its position as the dominant player… the more those on the receiving end will try to find workarounds or alternatives.” Edward Fishman, America’s Economic Warfare Is Sowing Its Own...
by James Lewis | Mar 6, 2025 | AI, Chips & China, Essay, Tech Transfer
British historian Paul Kennedy wrote in “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers” that great powers do not decline because they fail to recognize problems, but because they apply old solutions to new problems when those solutions are no longer effective....
by James Lewis | Mar 6, 2025 | Chips & China, Essay, Tech Transfer
The regulations for export controls on artificial intelligence chips left by the Biden Administration have two fundamental flaws. First, they will not stop China from developing AI. If earlier precedents hold, it will only incentivize China (and DeepSeek is a...