This is lecture number three in this series on the turning points in the history of NATO. More: Freeing the U.S.Well, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. companies will rely less on China and move manufacturing closer to home as globalization splinters, El-Erian says. Peter Morici is an economist and emeritus business professor at the University of Maryland, and a national columnist.Īlso read: U.S. Drawing our security partners into a common prosperity would make it more likely that we can count on them in a crisis over Taiwan and over the long haul in our efforts to stay ahead of China in military technology.
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“Buy American” policies - like those embraced for green energy and electric vehicles - hardly cultivate Japanese and European support for cutting out China from the semiconductor supply chain.įree trade with Russian and China was folly but that does not mean free trade with the rest of Europe and Asia is the same. The United States must redevelop its chips manufacturing and broader defensive-industrial capabilities and secure sources in the West for rare earth minerals and other critical materials. Seen in this context, Biden’s protectionist industrial policies that exclude our security partners are self-defeating. military supply chain is not up to the task of replenishing quickly. Russia’s war against Ukraine demonstrates that modern warfare goes through very expensive armaments quickly, and as is evident in Ukraine, the U.S. It is a dominant processor of copper, nickel, cobalt, lithium and rare earth minerals - these are vital in making many electronic products and semiconductors. It is a dominant processor of copper, nickel, cobalt, lithium and rare earth minerals. no longer manufacturers the most advanced semiconductors-those are made in Taiwan and Korea - but those foundries are dependent on American engineering and Dutch and Japanese machinery. must depend on allies to stifle Chinese ambitions. State of the art semiconductors are central to the creating of superior military weapons, and China has been terribly frustrated in its efforts to develop an indigenous industry to supply its military.Īs with securing lanes of commerce, the U.S. The real contest over sanctions is President Joe Biden’s escalation toward China.
Wars are fought in the here and now, Russia can bear the short-term costs and for President Vladimir Putin, winning is an existential imperative. The IMF forecasts modest growth for 2023, but the real bite of sanctions against Russia will be the cumulative, long-term loss of technological progress and growth. Near term, the Russian economy is stabilizing after the initial bite of sanctions - a 2.3% GDP loss in 2022. will have to arm Ukraine to strike inside Russia, become directly engaged, or face stalemate and endless war expenses. It believes sanctions will break Russia before European and American public resolve relents regarding the mounting costs of supporting Kyiv. foreign policy establishment has become enamored with economic sanctions as a substitute for kinetic engagement. supply chains, which are now much more dependent on ocean commerce.Īt the same time, the U.S. forces in the Pacific and military commitments elsewhere and also securing U.S. still spends more on defense than China, Russia and several other nations combined, but can’t guarantee the security of Taiwan. In the event of war, the U.S. The West didn’t give Russia and China free access to its military technology, but so much commercial technology is dual-use that both Russia and China are capable enough of creating lots of trouble. In the words of Japan’s trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura: “The free trade system ended up increasing the legitimacy of authoritarian regimes” and “amplifying the threat of hegemonic powers.” Europe became tragically dependent on Russian natural gas, while Russia and China exploited access to Western markets and commercial technology to create more modern economies, boost their militaries and bully other nations. They assumed that economic integration would instigate democratic reforms.īut Wandel durch Handel proved folly. It supported a military adequate to fight wars across both great oceans and offered allies a significant market to develop their industries.Īfter the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and the EU sought to integrate Russia and China into the West’s commercial system. economy, meanwhile, was large enough to underwrite the entire international system. The Soviet Union became Upper Volta with rockets. Only through sheer size did the Soviet Union have the resources to create mischief around the globe. Stalinist central planning and autarky created moribund economies.
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