Jeffrey Ding: Bringing techno-globalism back: a romantically realist reframing of the US-China tech relationship

Talk of decoupling, an AI arms race, and a tech Cold War abounds. These prominent narratives are rooted in the core assumption of techno-nationalism — that the nation-state is the key unit of analysis for understanding the global technology landscape. Yet, technology advances in a globalizing world. Jeffrey Ding outlines the case for bringing techno-globalism back — not the “end of geography” version, which is an easy target, but a romantically realist version — into debates about the US-China tech relationship.

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