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How Should the United States Manage Competition?

The China Policy Accelerator produces actionable policy recommendations on what the United States should do not just abroad but at home, from fixing the defense industrial base to securing critical infrastructure from cyberattack.

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<p>A municipal wastewater treatment plant in Oakland, California, on March 20, 2024.</p>
<p>A municipal wastewater treatment plant in Oakland, California, on March 20, 2024.</p>

Executive Summary Over the past decade, China has built a sophisticated hacking apparatus to penetrate the water systems, energy grids, telecommunications networks, and transportation systems that underpin American society. The goal is not simply espionage. China is pre-positioning malware and maintaining dormant access to critical systems so it can gain leverage in peacetime and wreak […]

China Policy Accelerator Highlights

Disabled person with Multiple Sclerosis hand sorting prescription pillsReport
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Rush Doshi, Prashant Yadav, Olivia Kosloff and Elena Every

China Policy Accelerator Projects

How should America fix its defense industrial base, harness defense technology innovation, protect critical infrastructure from cyberattack, or implement industrial policies?
A U.S. Marine launches a VBAT on the deck of the USS Carter Hall.
Public Domain, Credit: 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Creator: Sgt. Rafael Brambila Pelayo

The U.S. weapons arsenal has been depleted and no longer has the capacity to deter a Chinese attack against Taiwan. In order to prepare for future conflicts in the South China Sea and elsewhere, the United States should undertake reforms of its defense industrial base to focus on the scaling of precise mass systems.

China and Congress

Dr. Doshi and Senator Gillibrand at the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing titled "Behind the Label: Foreign Ownership and Control in America's Drug Supply Chain."
Dr. Doshi and Senator Gillibrand at the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing titled "Behind the Label: Foreign Ownership and Control in America's Drug Supply Chain."

Rush Doshi’s testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging analyzes how the United States had developed a “rare earths” problem in medicine, largely self-inflicted by letting its pharmaceutical supply chain and innovation ecosystem migrate offshore.

By Rush Doshi

China Policy Accelerator Reports

<p>A municipal wastewater treatment plant in Oakland, California, on March 20, 2024.</p>
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By Matthew Ferren, Adam Segal and Rush Doshi
Disabled person with Multiple Sclerosis hand sorting prescription pillsReport
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Rush Doshi, Prashant Yadav, Olivia Kosloff and Elena Every

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