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Strategic Vision vol. 9, no. 44 (January, 2020)
Cyber Dominance China’s Digital Silk Road poses challenges for America’s Indo-Pacific strategy A.D. Gnanagurunathan
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In an effort to support 5G development, the US DOD recently selected several sites to host 5G development projects.
oves and counter moves aren’t just part of a team’s strategy in sports, they are also part and parcel of international politics as well. Most sporting teams adhere to a playbook to a great extent when they devise their schemas for their games. So, states in their interaction with other states in the international system largely conform to time-tested strategies and agreed-upon norms. However, many times, winning strategies
gional allies and partners of the latter, is one such situation, where they are testing their strategies out of their respective playbooks. The United States has adopted its Indo-Pacific strategy to maintain and continue its dominance in the region. On the other hand, China is using its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to seek influence and gain pre-eminence. The two seem to be heading for a stalemate. At least, that would be the case were it not for China’s Digital Silk Road
involve pulling a rabbit out of a hat, be it for a game or in international politics. The ongoing playoffs between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States, along the re-
(DSR), which appears to be the aforementioned rabbit, as the world is hurtling toward a space where data will determine everything, and China is apparently leading the digital race due to its preponderance in
Dr. A.D. Gnanagurunathan is a MOFA visiting scholar at the Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University. He can be reached at gnanagurunathan@gmail.com