Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Fraternity in collaboration with the Onero Institute China Program and the Sigur Center for Asia Studies is proud to present a panel discussion of expert speakers on whether the U.S. and China are in a technological Cold War and what are the implications of this. 

As seen from the Biden Administration's recent announcement of expansive U.S. and allied export controls of advanced semiconductors and manufacturing inputs to China, the U.S. is increasingly taking a national security perspective on technology. By using its expansive export and financial tools and forming international coalitions, the Biden Administration hopes to cripple China's ambition to become technologically dominant and self-sufficient. China, meanwhile, is moving forward in its state-led ambition to develop its own indigenous critical technology sectors and could retaliate due to its dominant position in rare earth minerals, battery manufacturing, and other strategic sectors. 

Joining us to speak about whether the U.S.-China Technology Competition has become a Technology Cold War and what are the global implications of this serious development are three expert speakers on Technology, Security, and China:

Dr. Sujai Shivakumar directs the Renewing American Innovation (RAI) Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he also serves as a senior fellow. Previously, Dr. Shivakumar directed the Innovation Policy Forum at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and led major studies of U.S. policies supporting advanced manufacturing, small business growth, workforce development, and entrepreneurship. 

Jon Bateman is a senior fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His work focuses on large-scale policy challenges such as U.S.-China tech tensions, global influence operations, and systemic cyber risk. Before joining Carnegie, Bateman was special assistant to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. 

Robert Sutter is Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University (2011-Present). He also served as Director of the School’s main undergraduate program involving over 2,000 students from 2013-2019.  Professor Sutter’s government career (1968-2001) saw service as senior specialist and director of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service, the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and the Pacific at the US Government’s National Intelligence Council, the China division director at the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Moderating this event is esteemed Delta Phi Epsilon, alum, Gregory Arcuri. Greg is a program coordinator and research assistant for the Renewing American Innovation (RAI) Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He supports the project's event management, outreach, and research exploring methods for securing critical strategic supply chains and reinvigorating the American innovation ecosystem.