Global Trade Disruptions and Chip Wars
Global Trade Disruptions and Chip Wars

Author(s): Delfin Koray, S. Süha Çubukçuoğlu, Murat Koray
Subject(s): International relations/trade, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Geopolitics
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Global trade; disruptions; chip wars;
Summary/Abstract: Breakthrough technologies transform classical international relations among state actors, making them the metacentre of globalization. This situation compels states to reconfigure their geopolitical strategies, re-establish alliances, and reconsider methods of hegemonic competition. States strive to acquire breakthrough technologies to gain a competitive advantage and thereby achieve geopolitical superiority, rendering the international security environment significantly more sensitive . Since disruptions in global supply chains of critical technologies, such as semiconductors, intensify geopolitical struggles, policies related to the production processes of high technologies shift the focal points of global conflict and challenge the stability of the multipolar order. Therefore, states are inciting an arms race on the international stage by orchestrating impediments at pivotal junctures in the supply chain, with the aim of controlling their rivals’ access to advanced chip technologies.

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