US, China, and the World

China & the US: Safeguarding Open Research Against Authoritarian Rivals
with Glenn Tiffert via PolicyEd

Only by remaining true to the nature of our open society can the United States succeed in protecting the integrity and security of its research and innovation. Stopping malign actors from countries such as the People’s Republic of China requires targeted solutions informed by data on risk, not shutting down open science.

Why China Struggles To Produce Advanced Semiconductors
interview with Glenn Tiffert via Semiconductors and the Security Of The United States & Taiwan

Glenn Tiffert discusses China's challenges in developing its semiconductor industry despite massive government subsidies. 

A Fresh Start: Safeguarding People, Rights, And Research Amid US-China Competition

The Hoover Project on China’s Global Sharp Power, the Asian American Scholar Forum, and the Committee of 100 held A Fresh Start: Safeguarding People, Rights, and Research Amid US-China Competition on Tuesday June 6, 2023.

China’s Chance To Lead: Acquiring Global Influence Via Infrastructure Development And Digitalization

The Hoover Project on China’s Global Sharp Power hosted China's Chance to Lead: Acquiring Global Influence via Infrastructure Development and Digitalization on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

China's Grand Strategy For Global Data Dominance
by Matthew Johnson; edited by Larry Diamond, Glenn Tiffert, and Frances Hisgen via Hoover Institution Press

China is engaged in a bid to shape how digitized information – data – will be distributed and controlled around the world for the foreseeable future. Xi Jinping’s Party-state is building a massive institutional architecture to maximally exploit data as the fundamental resource of the future global economy and governance system. This new report proposes robust policy solutions to arrest the exposure of huge swaths of the world’s population to the CCP's data accumulation, espionage, and manipulation.

The Dilemma of China’s Digital Currency
with Glenn Tiffert via PolicyEd

China’s central bank digital currency is part of a broader push by Beijing to establish global leadership in digital payments, assert independence from US power, and intensify control over Chinese society.

Hollywood in China

The Hoover Project on China’s Global Sharp Power hosted Hollywood in China on Thursday, June 2, 2022. 

Global Engagement: Rethinking Risk In The Research Enterprise
edited by Glenn Tiffert via Hoover Institution Press

Neither the US government nor the universities and national laboratories in the US research enterprise are adequately managing the risks posed by research engagements with foreign entities. The task is quite simply falling through the cracks. Data with which to assess the performance of current frameworks for managing foreign engagement risk, to identify their defects, and to devise proportionate fixes is consequently in short supply. Dueling narratives have filled this evidentiary vacuum, pitting some who propose incremental adjustments against others who call for far-reaching change. Without a common set of facts to anchor the debate, consensus has proven elusive. This report offers a way forward.