By Mehmet Enes Beşer Thailand is reentering the semiconductors game with a newfound sense of purpose. In an era of tech nationalism, supply chain reboot, and mounting pervasiveness of microelectronics everywhere from automobiles to artificial intelligence, Bangkok proclaimed that it aims to be a serious player. With incentives for foreign investment, incentives for domestic innovation, and linkages between regions, Thailand ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the United States ramps up its rhetoric about China being the “preeminent geopolitical and technological rival,” a familiar but flawed narrative is once again dominating Washington’s policy discourse: that America’s challenges in innovation stem not from internal fragmentation, but from China’s rise. This storyline, amplified by figures like Michael Kratsios—recently nominated as Director of the ...