Vivek Chilukuri
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Director, Technology and National Security Program @CNASdc. Views are mine.
Washington, DC
Joined November 2013
🚨 NEW: As China's Digital Silk Road marks its 10th anniversary, the US and its allies still struggle to respond. In an in-depth @CNASdc report from me and @rubyscanlon, we explain why and call for a more ambitious American statecraft fit for an era of global tech competition
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Applications are open for FAI's Conservative AI Policy Fellowship! Learn from leading thinkers in AI policy across weekly lectures and an intensive weekend retreat, designed for working professionals. Apply by Oct 31 @ https://t.co/VbCuG6zMEp
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Drawing on over a year of desk research, interviews, and field visits to Indonesia, Brazil, Kenya, and Saudi Arabia, we trace the DSR's evolution, assess the US & allied response, and outline recommendations to win. 🔎Read the report:
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Washington and its allies now have a generational opportunity to wield their strengths to positively shape digital ecosystems around the world.
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After 18 months of research, I'm excited to release my and @vivekchil's new report, Countering the Digital Silk Road It examines where the U.S. and China each hold advantages in key tech exports, how Chinese firms compete abroad, and how U.S. tech promote efforts compare 🧵 1/
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A decade after its launch, the DSR is more vital to Beijing than ever as technology moves to the center of its economic agenda and foreign policy. A new report from @vivekchil + @rubyscanlon explores this focal point of the broader U.S.-China competition. https://t.co/1AdDKuVZuq
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Washington and its allies now have a generational opportunity to wield their strengths to positively shape digital ecosystems around the world.
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Beyond excited to release my and @vivekchil 's new report, Countering the Digital Silk Road, tomorrow! We've been working on this project for 18 (!) months and have the perfect group to discuss the subject + findings with Tune in tomorrow, 10/15 at 1 pm with the link below 🔗
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📢Don't miss! Countering China's Digital Silk Road 🇨🇳featuring a fireside chat with Kurt Campbell and @vivekchil Followed by a panel discussion: @rubyscanlon, @HillmanJE, Ruth Berry, and James Palmer
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🔥 lineup for our Oct. 15 event on Countering China's Digital Silk Road 🇺🇸🇨🇳: 🎙️Fireside chat w/ former Dep. Secretary of State Kurt Campbell 🪑Expert panel w/ Jonathan Hillman (@CFR_org), Ruth Berry (@nvidia), @rubyscanlon, and James Palmer (@ForeignPolicy) Register ⬇️
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The Ministry of State Security helped Beijing evolve from noisy hacking to the most persistent cyber adversary facing U.S. networks. Does the U.S. cybersecurity posture measure up against the threat? I argue no — and outline how to impose higher costs on PRC cyber ops.⬇️
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Advancing AI and escalating US-China competition are upending espionage in powerful and unsettling ways. To dig in, we're hosting Anthony Vinci on Monday, Oct 28 to launch his new book on the Fourth Intelligence Revolution. 📺Register to watch: https://t.co/V7MVWpEkNU
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Insightful new report from my colleague @CalebWithersDC on how rapidly advancing AI capabilities could tip the scales in the cyber offense-defense balance, for better or worse...
AI's cyber capabilities are improving rapidly, with no sign of slowing. So far, AI has likely helped defenders overall. I hope this continues—but worry it’s not assured. 👇🧵 New report from me today on Emerging AI Capabilities and the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance—and what
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The U.S. and China are now engaged in a fierce competition to become Saudi Arabia’s preferred partner as it undertakes this historic, technology-driven transformation. New from @vivekchil and @rubyscanlon on countering the Digital Silk Road in 🇸🇦:
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The United States and China are now engaged in a fierce competition to become Saudi Arabia’s preferred partner as it undertakes a historic,…
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This will be a great discussion. President Trump's May visit to Riyadh brought new attention to the opportunities and risks of deepening US tech partnership with Saudi Arabia, an ambitious rising power with growing ties to China. Register to join virtually ⬇️
Tune in tomorrow for a virtual discussion on the technological transformation happening in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the competition between the U.S. and China @ThisIsSoliman
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Register to watch our virtual event this Thursday, 9/18 exploring the broader US-China tech competition in Saudi Arabia at 9:30am ET 👇
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ET on “Countering the Digital Silk Road: Saudi Arabia.” This event followed the release of a new CNAS report on the Digital Silk Road in Saudi Arabia, the…
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At the same time, the report finds great opportunity for the US to responsibly meet Saudi demand for AI, data centers, chips, cloud, and more to outcompete China's Digital Silk Road in the heart of Arabia, and we offer several recs to that end.
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The United States and China are now engaged in a fierce competition to become Saudi Arabia’s preferred partner as it undertakes a historic,…
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Although the US has much of what KSA wants to realize its advanced tech ambitions, Riyadh will likely resist pressure from Washington to force outright alignment with America's ecosystem given its maturing relations with Beijing and effort to balance between the two powers.
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For semiconductors, the kingdom seeks to expand legacy chip fabrication to diversify its supply chains while maturing its R&D ecosystem with a focus on fabless designs. The US should partner with 🇸🇦 on both goals without surrendering its edge in leading-edge chip design.
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The landscape of smart cities, however, reveals a more mixed picture with significant 🇨🇳 projects across the kingdom. Beijing's willingness to offer surveillance tech for KSA's authoritarian state has emerged as a troubling competitive AI advantage--one the US shouldn't emulate.
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