With the Chinese technological rise and the US’ threat perception towards it, the geopolitical and geo-economic competition between the US and China has been intensified. Especially the emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and space technologies have been the critical arena for the great power competition. The US and China are perceiving these emerging technologies as the defining factors for obtaining the global hegemony and global leadership and both countries are driving the global race for technological supremacy. The technological hegemony competition and political tensions between the United States and China are now felt on every continent and in every country. Economic and diplomatic pressures stemming from the great power strategic competition have had impacts on the other parts of the world. Hence, most countries are concerned about the negative impacts and significant challenges amid intensifying US-China technology competition.
There have been a lot of discussions and reports on the US-China technological competition. However, the discourses and discussions on US-China technology competition have been dominated by a few great powers. Even though many countries have confronted the economic or political challenges related to this US-China Tech Competition, there has been little attention to the middle and small states’ perceptions and strategies on the US-China tech competition issue. Despite the lack of study on the middle and small states’ strategies on the US-China tech
competition, the perceptions and strategies of these countries are very important factors to influence the future of the US-China tech competition.
Therefore, this project is designed to share the diverse perspectives, ideas, and strategies of different states and continents. It also aims to facilitate the global discussion on the economic and political impacts of the US-China tech competition. We believe that using collective wisdom based on open discussions can be the best way to solve problems and pave a better future. These are the base motives for starting this global collaborative research.
This global research project was made possible with the great dedication of 13 distinguished and excellent scholars from all over the world - Chung Min Lee(senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Zike Qi (associate professor at Peking University), Kazuto Suzuki(professor at the University of Tokyo), Ivan V. Danilin(Head of the Science and Innovation Department at IMEMO), Markus Jaeger(fellow at German Council on Foreign Relations), Jingdong Yuan (associate professor at University of Sydney), Selina Ho(assistant professor at National University of Singapore), Csaba Moldicz (associate professor at John von Neumann University), Oliver Stuenkel(associate professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas), Svetlana Kozhirova(head of the Center for Chinese and Asian Studies at the International Science Complex “Astana”), Kairat Batyrbayev(executive director of the Eurasian International Studies Association), Joseph A. Kéchichian(senior fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies), Rahmane Idrissa(political scientist and historian at Leiden University’s African Studies Centre and the LASDEL, in Niamey)
We believe that this report can be the starting point to share the different views and communicate the diverse ideas on very timely global issues, which call for global cooperation.
* International Participants : Chung Min Lee(senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Zike Qi (associate professor at Peking University), Kazuto Suzuki(professor at the University of Tokyo), Ivan V. Danilin(Head of the Science and Innovation Department at IMEMO), Markus Jaeger(fellow at German Council on Foreign Relations), Jingdong Yuan (associate professor at University of Sydney), Selina Ho(assistant professor at National University of Singapore), Csaba Moldicz (associate professor at John von Neumann University), Oliver Stuenkel(associate professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas), Svetlana Kozhirova(head of the Center for Chinese and Asian Studies at the International Science Complex “Astana”), Kairat Batyrbayev(executive director of the Eurasian International Studies Association), Joseph A. Kéchichian(senior fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies), Rahmane Idrissa(political scientist and historian at Leiden University’s African Studies Centre and the LASDEL, in Niamey).
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