An Unwelcome & Unavoidable Technological Contest

Innovation & Technological superiority have become the central themes of International influence and there is no better depiction of this than in the current tariff war between U.S & China which has converted into a Tech cold war. The age-old mantra of military strength and territorial expansion has given way to new pillars of power – where the conflict is over major institutions, trade and technology. With the emergence of China as a global powerhouse in the past two decades, the ongoing tussle between the “Economic Imperialist” U.S & “Communist Dragon” China was imperative. On the surface, there is a…...