U.S. Must Assert Tech Controls To Save Democracy

The United States must take the lead in the war for tech control just as it aspires to isolate China and Russia worldwide and pushing the democratic agenda in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, Alina Polyakova, president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), argues in her analysis in Foreign Policy.

Photo Insert: Part of this drive for tech control is pushing the European Union (EU) the take the heat off US-based tech firms and investigate Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech corporations that also promote such nebulous concepts as China’s “tech sovereignty” and censorship unmatched anywhere in the world.

Part of this drive for tech control is pushing the European Union (EU) the take the heat off US-based tech firms and investigate Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech corporations that also promote such nebulous concepts as China’s “tech sovereignty” and censorship unmatched anywhere in the world.

Polyakova, also an adjunct professor of European studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, suggests three approaches.

First, the administration should map out an affirmative technology strategy, making sure that US workers and consumers benefit from US tech leadership; second, the administration should take advantage of the bipartisan consensus in the US Congress on the need to push back against China’s growing domination in tech by putting forward a balanced regulatory agenda that establishes clear rules for responsible innovation, and; third, the US should reenergize its engagement in multilateral institutions.

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