The Security of Nations
China is using its economic security to anchor national security, and the world is concerned. It remains true that no nation can have national security without economic security. America's greatness depends on its economic prosperity. But China is coming after that, and there is panic.
The paper echoes concerns that Michael Kratsios, the White House’s chief technology officer, shared with me in a recent meeting at Fortune’s offices. If there is one thing that needs more coverage by business news media, he said, it is the threat that up-and-coming technologies will not be designed with “American values” in mind. Sure, the U.S. came out ahead in decades past, pioneering transformational technologies such as transistors, personal computers, the Internet, GPS, and countless other innovations. But a whole new set of technologies are coming onto the scene, and they’re poised to upend the world as we know it: artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 5G networking, and plenty else. (Fortune)