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It Takes More Than Two to Tango: Creating Effective Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Sylvia Chen & Peter Tozzi | Just Security | 07/09/2026

Export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment, the machinery needed to fabricate, test, and package semiconductors, are the most decisive instruments for constraining China’s ability to produce advanced and foundational chips….

From Pax Americana to Pax Silica

Uri Gabai | GIS | 03/30/2026

Pax Romana. Pax Britannica. Pax Americana. Each marked an era in which a dominant power underwrote ...

What Happens to the CHIPS Act Now?

Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. (IMI) | 05/13/2025

With Donald Trump winning the presidency, intense debate has reignited ov...

Building Resilient Supply Chains: The Case of Semiconductors

Jeffrey Bean, Andreas Kuehn | Observer Research Foundation America | 08/30/2024

1. Introduction After...

Will the US Succeed in Starving China of Semiconductors?

William Yang | Deutsche Welle | 05/29/2023

As the US and its allies increase efforts to restrict China...

Hong Kong’s Technology Lifeline to Russia

Brian (Chun Hey) Kot | Carnegie Endowment For International Peace | 05/17/2023

As the war in Ukraine continues into it...

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Mary E. Lovely | Milken Institute Review | 04/21/2023

The Biden administration is on a campaign to fundamentally alter the supply chains...

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