Techno-Nationalism: How It's Reshaping Trade, Geopolitics and Society

Essential perspective on the emerging role of techno-nationalism in global relations, trade and geopolitics

TECHNO-Nationalism holds that a nation's security, economic competitiveness and social stability are linked to the technological prowess of its institutions and enterprises. Alex Capri draws upon decades of experience in US-China commerce and reveals how techno-nationalism has accelerated Washington and Beijing's cold war. You'll see, firsthand, how the world is moving away from an open-market trading system of the past 70 years, and reverting to a fragmented, murky form of neo-mercantilism. This is a paradigm shift driven by the rise of China Inc.

The author presents high profile cases involving Huawei and other companies to demonstrate how techno-nationalism will disrupt not only global value chains for deep technologies such as semiconductors, AI and robotics, but also for data management and digital platforms. This will have a pervasive effect on everything from the automotive to the pharmaceutical industries.

From a trade perspective, you'll learn how the global system is fracturing and coalescing into different blocs, each tethered to unique standards and values regarding the applications of technology. TECHNO-Nationalism lays out scenarios involving strategic decoupling, reshoring and ring-fencing of industries. All of this compels multinational businesses and policy makers to reorient efforts around corporate governance and diplomacy.

As a primer, the author takes you on a tour-de-force of the origins of Techno-nationalism and shows how it has profoundly shaped today's modern world. He then puts this in the context of China's rise as a technology superpower and examines, among other things, the rapid expansion of Beijing's techno-authoritarian model around the world. These developments have sparked countermeasures from the world's liberalized markets and democracies, but also present a conundrum for companies that rely on China, both as a market and as vital link in their value chains.

From a geopolitical perspective, the author's flowing narrative serves up a trove of insights on China's digital belt and road and other initiatives, including a growing US-EU Trans-Atlantic technology alliance. It shines a spotlight on the future of the "Five Eyes Alliance" and how other key countries such as India, Taiwan, Japan - and outlier states such as Singapore and Israel - could play a role in a shifting technology landscape. You'll see how this situation has morphed into a hazardous landscape of 21st-century hybrid warfare and how it's galvanizing security alliances, public-private partnerships and rule frameworks.

Regarding a US-China innovation race, the author argues that Washington and its allies are on the verge of a new technology "moonshot" similar to the historic space race between the former Soviet Union and America.

TECHNO-Nationalism keeps you connected to the latest technology developments by focusing on two core areas. First, Capri provides an in-depth analysis of the semiconductor industry, which represents the ground zero of the Sino-US technology cold war and is linked to all other aspects of the technology race. Read about China's attempts to overcome its reliance on a dominant US semiconductor sector - by any means necessary.

Second, TECHNO-Nationalism addresses data as a strategic asset. Capri examines how opposing values regarding privacy, censorship and surveillance are splintering the World Wide Web and fragmenting the platform economy as countries block access to apps and data. These developments are impacting areas such as Fintech and banking, not just traditional supply chains.

• Gain essential perspective on techno-nationalism and US-China relations to aid with investment, economic planning and strategic partnerships
• Make better-informed risk mitigation decisions in cross-border trade, Fintech, R&D and data management
• Discover opportunities and assess risks regarding US-China decoupling, reshoring, ring-fencing, "In-China-for-China" and other localized operations
• Understand how export controls and sanctions affect supply chains, cross-border data flows and strategic partnerships

Enjoy an enlightening, well researched and presented snapshot of today's geopolitical situation and a fascinating account of current affairs. Business leaders, financial industry professionals, governments, NGOs, academics, journalists and anyone with an eye toward the future of technology and international relations will appreciate this essential frame of reference on techno-nationalism.

重要的觀點：關於科技民族主義在全球關係、貿易和地緣政治中的新興角色

科技民族主義認為一個國家的安全、經濟競爭力和社會穩定與其機構和企業的技術實力息息相關。亞歷克斯·卡普里（Alex Capri）借鑒了他在中美商業領域數十年的經驗，揭示了科技民族主義如何加速了華盛頓和北京之間的冷戰。您將第一手地看到，世界正在從過去70年的開放市場貿易體系轉向一種分散、模糊的新重商主義形式。這是中國崛起所推動的一種範式轉變。

作者以華為和其他公司為例，展示了科技民族主義將如何破壞不僅是半導體、人工智能和機器人等深層技術的全球價值鏈，還包括數據管理和數字平台。這將對從汽車到制藥等各個行業產生普遍影響。

從貿易角度來看，您將了解全球體系正在分裂並凝聚成不同的集團，每個集團都與技術應用的獨特標準和價值觀相關聯。科技民族主義提出了涉及戰略脫鉤、回歸本土和圍籬產業的情景。所有這些都迫使跨國企業和政策制定者重新調整努力，圍繞企業治理和外交展開。

作為入門指南，作者帶您深入了解科技民族主義的起源，並展示了它如何深刻地塑造了當今的現代世界。然後，他將這一情況置於中國作為技術超級大國崛起的背景下，並檢視了北京的科技專制模式在全球的快速擴展，以及其他國家對此的反應，包括世界上自由化市場和民主國家。這些發展不僅對依賴中國作為市場和價值鏈中重要環節的企業構成困境，也引發了世界上自由化市場和民主國家的對策。

從地緣政治角度來看，作者流暢的敘述提供了關於中國數字絲綢之路和其他倡議的大量見解，包括日益增長的美歐跨大西洋技術聯盟。它聚焦於“五眼聯盟”的未來以及印度、台灣、日本等其他關鍵國家，以及新加坡和以色列等邊緣國家在不斷變化的技術格局中可能扮演的角色。您將看到這種情況如何演變成21世紀混合戰爭的危險局勢，以及它如何激發安全聯盟、公私合作夥伴關係和規則框架。

關於中美創新競賽，作者認為華盛頓及其盟友正處於類似前蘇聯和美國之間的歷史太空競賽的新技術“登月”之際。

《科技民族主義》通過專注於兩個核心領域，使您與最新的技術發展保持聯繫。首先，卡普里對半導體行業進行了深入分析，該行業代表了中美技術冷戰的起點，並與技術競爭的所有其他方面相關聯。閱讀有關中國如何試圖以任何手段克服對主導地位的美國半導體行業的依賴的信息。

其次，《科技民族主義》探討了數據作為戰略資產。卡普里考察了關於隱私、審查和監控的對立價值觀如何導致世界互聯網的分裂，並導致各國封鎖應用程序和數據的情況。這些發展正在影響金融科技和銀行業等領域，而不僅僅是傳統供應鏈。

- 獲得關於科技民族主義和中美關係的重要觀點，以幫助投資、經濟規劃和戰略合作
- 在跨境風險管理決策中做出更明智的選擇