Glenn Tiffert is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and an expert in China's legal and political history. Jeffrey Stoff was a longtime government official who advised the White House, the Departments of Defense and State, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He is the founder of Redcliff Enterprises, a start-up that seeks to build public-private partnerships dedicated to protecting research and intellectual capital. The authors have collaborated on two Hoover Institution reports that look at U.S.-China scientific collaboration including, most recently, "Eyes Wide Open," a study that examines ties between global research institutions and China's surveillance state. What follows is a lightly edited Q&A.
Glenn Tiffert.Illustration by Kate Copeland
Q: “Eyes Wide Open” is a report about the risks of collaborating on research with Chinese institutions, with a focus on one organization in particular, the Chinese Academy
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