Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Critical Questions by Altynay Junusova and William Alan Reinsch Published November 25, 2024

Join Renewing American Innovation for a conversation with Professor William Bonvillian about his new book Pioneering Progress: American Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy.

Jon Alterman: How long have you been living in conflict zones, and what drew you to them?

From Monday, December 2, 2024, to Wednesday, December 4, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Angola in what will be his first trip to the African continent during his presidency. This landmark visit makes good on President Biden’s commitment to visiting Africa and deepening U.S.-Africa relations, a promise that has been seen as falling short of being fully implemented by many who believe he has prioritized other global events at the expense of Africa. The timing of the trip, coming in a lame duck period, raises questions about what the visit is intended to achieve and raises question about how a Trump Administration will approach Africa.

In our third annual Big Data China conference, experts will discuss the key challenges in U.S.-China relations, China's economic governance, and the global implications of technology competition with China.

Commentary by Jane Nakano, Noam Unger, Ray Cai, Mathias Zacarias, Wilder Alejandro Sánchez, Quill Robinson, and Zach Slotkin Published November 26, 2024

Please join the CSIS Critical Minerals Security Program for a conversation with Ambassador Chibamba Kanyama and Jito Kayumba on the Zambian government's efforts to reform its mining policies to attract private investment and recent advancements in U.S.-Zambia cooperation on minerals security.

There is a fierce debate in the United States and among its allies about the impacts of export controls, and nowhere is that debate more heated than in the semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry. Too often, however, this debate occurs without any grounding in real-world data or relevant historical Chinese policy context. This paper seeks to provide some of that grounding through a combination of Chinese policy document analysis and new financial and market share data for leading semiconductor equipment firms in China, the United States, Japan, and the Netherlands. What follows are a set of 10 key judgments based on the author’s analysis.

This Scholl Chair paper examines way to bridge the knowledge gaps about digital public infrastructure designs and impacts by highlighting Kazakhstan’s digital transformation journey.

Big News: Maharashtra and Jharkhand announce state legislative assembly elections results; Delhi mandates 50 percent of the state government employees to work from home amidst rising air pollution in the city; Andhra Pradesh approves the Semiconductor & Display Fab Policy 2024-29; Karnataka releases the draft Karnataka Space Technology Policy 2024–29