If the 20th century was defined by advances in manufacturing capability, agricultural prowess, and energy exploration, the 21st century will be shaped by advanced technologies in areas like artificial intelligence, semiconductor design and fabrication capability, cybersecurity and privacy quandaries, quantum computing and encryption, and geopolitical telecommunication security. As the United States looks at various policy issues around technology from the national security sphere to free speech to foreign malign influence campaigns, a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by former National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien outlined a strategy to advance U.S. competitiveness and free expression while providing a word of warning to not empower China’s technology goals. Join us for a timely fireside chat with former National Security Advisor O’Brien to examine where the United States stands in the tech race, how our adversaries are increasingly using it to even the national security playing field and promote digital authoritarianism, and where the U.S. must go to prevail in this competition.

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