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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. is now engaged in great power competition with both China and Russia. In class 2 the class focused on China, the U.S.’s Moore’s Law & the Global Semiconductor Industry. Do you think China can credibly catch TSMC (without an invasion of Taiwan)?

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

The readings, lectures, and guest speakers explored how emerging commercial technologies pose challenges and create opportunities for the United States in strategic competition with great power rivals with an emphasis on the People’s Republic of China. We focused on the challenges created when U.S. Guest Speakers.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.).

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led and China ” New York Times, Jan. s primary great power competitor.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.).

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Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress

Steve Blank

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. China has made the leap to a “whole of nation” approach. Worse, China will learn from and apply the lessons from Russia’s failures in the Ukraine at an ever increasing pace. Today, the U.S. For the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Does the story of a superpower ignoring distant threats from seemingly weak competitors sound familiar from the class discussions on China? Over this course you’ve heard from the leading voices across the military, government, and industry issue a call to action. and China in the near, mid, and long-term time frames.