Chris Miller is an associate professor of international history at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Jeane Kirkpatrick visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Eurasia director at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is the author of several books on Soviet and Russian politics and foreign affairs, as well as the recently released Chip War: The Fight for the World’s More Critical Technology (2022), which was excerpted in The Wire last week. In this lightly edited Q&A, Professor Miller discusses the historical roots of semiconductor competition, how the U.S. came to adopt a more aggressive technology policy in relation to China, and what the recent restrictions on U.S. chip exports and expertise mean for China’s chip industry. Chris Miller. Illustration by Kate Copeland Q. You are a historian by training, and previously wrote books on Russian foreign policy and domestic politics. How did you decide to write a book about the