The global race for semiconductor hegemony

With Chris Miller, Professor of International History at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

How do chips decide power in today’s geopolitical competition?

The semiconductor industry has become the cornerstone of the structure of the global economy and the balance of geopolitical power. And Europe has now joined the United States and China in a ‘chip war’ for global semiconductor domination.

In this week’s episode, Janka Oertel, head of ECFR´s Asia programme and senior policy fellow, is joined by Chris Miller, assistant professor of international history at Tufts University, and Andrew Small, senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund and ECFR alumnus. They discuss how chips decide power in today’s geopolitical competition. What role does Taiwan’s leadership in semiconductor production play in tensions with China? And to what extent will Europe align and integrate with the United States’ China policy in the upcoming years?

This podcast episode is republished from Mark Leonard’s World in 30 Minutes (European Council on Foreign Relations).