March 20, 2025

Countering China's Digital Silk Road

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Silk Road (DSR), China’s ambitious initiative to shape critical digital infrastructure around the world to advance its geopolitical interests and technology leadership. A decade after its launch, digital infrastructure and emerging technologies have only grown more vital and contested as demand for connectivity, digital services, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) expand.

Technology & National Security

Countering the Digital Silk Road

CNAS has undertaken a major research project that will produce in-depth case studies of four diverse and geostrategically critical nations...

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