Chips Without Borders By Mehmet Enes Beşer Where semiconductors are as strategically important as oil once was, global competition for technological superiority has placed new stress—and new fault lines—on the microchip supply chain. But in the face of increasing decoupling and technological competition sound bites, China has a rival message: one of contribution, integration, and cooperation. Instead of being merely ...
Between Giants By Mehmet Enes Beşer The semiconductor competition is today one of the most strategic arenas of U.S.-China rivalry worldwide. The days of arcane technical supply chains and niche policymaking are over, for semiconductors today are the very lifeblood of contemporary economies—and a theater of geopolitical rivalry. The China-U.S. chip war is as much a struggle for technological leadership ...
Thailand must think regional and global. By Mehmet Enes Beşer Thailand is reentering the semiconductors game with a newfound sense of purpose. In an era of tech nationalism, supply chain reboot, and mounting pervasiveness of microelectronics everywhere from automobiles to artificial intelligence, Bangkok proclaimed that it aims to be a serious player. With incentives for foreign investment, incentives for domestic ...