This Week: New Essential Report on Global Tech Competition

Plus, a complete limited podcast series from FP Studios [Read this email in your browser]( [FP-This-Week-tighter] Welcome to This Week. The most recent edition of [Security Brief]( reported that Biden’s National Security Council’s (NSC) Indo-Pacific team is set to be the largest in the NSC, with up to 20 officials in the directorate once it’s fully staffed. And with U.S.-China competition intensifying, FP Analytics has published a [timely new Special Report]( exploring one of the drivers of escalating tensions between these two superpowers: semiconductors. The report and a live Insider Briefing breaking down its key findings are available only to FP Insiders. [Subscribe]( today to access the full [growing library]( of [data-driven intelligence]( produced by FP Analytics. We also highlight the current edition of the [FP Guide]( Foreign Policy’s resource for potential graduate students interested in pursuing or furthering a career in international relations. And for our podcast listeners, all four episodes of the limited series [Africa Forward]( are now available for streaming and download on [Apple](, [Spotify](, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thank you for reading. --------------------------------------------------------------- REPORTS AND GUIDES FROM FP [Semiconductors and the U.S.-China Innovation Race: Geopolitics of the Supply Chain and the Central Role of Taiwan]( The latest Special Report by FP Analytics examines the interconnectivity and fragility of global supply chains and the central role of Taiwan in global tech competition. One of the many benefits to being an [FP Insider]( is access to forward-looking analysis on emerging economic and geopolitical trends from FP Analytics, Foreign Policy’s research and advisory division. For the [latest report]( “Semiconductors and the U.S.-China Innovation Race: Geopolitics of the Supply Chain and the Central Role of Taiwan,” FP Analytics turned its attention to the lifeblood of high-tech industries and increasingly the driver of intensifying U.S.-China strategic and economic competition. Semiconductors are an ­­essential component at the heart of economic growth, security, and technological innovation, and understanding the entire semiconductor ecosystem is becoming essential across public and private sectors. That is why this FP Special Report not only delves deep into the critical issues underlying global policy around this topic but also explains the entire supply chain, from raw material sourcing to sales and distribution. If you have any interest in or questions about global policy as it pertains to semiconductors, then this report is for you. 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