Weaponizing the semiconductor supply chain could end up shooting the U.S. in the foot.
A Huawei office building in North America.
Since May 2019, the U.S. government has been trying to destroy China’s Huawei, the world’s largest telecommunication equipment maker. American national security hawks think that it presents a significant threat: if any telecom network uses Huawei equipment anywhere in the world, they argue, China’s military could interfere with U.S. military overseas operations. Many security analysts question this thinking by pointing out that a number of nations, including both China and the U.S., can ha
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In January, the arrest of a Chinese national in the Philippines led to the unravelling of an alleged espionage operation coordinated from Beijing. In an excerpt from their upcoming book, The Great Heist, David R. Shedd and Andrew Badger look at the Manila “spy ring” and its possible connection to China’s hypersonic missile program.
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