Tech Sectors

The Commission is focused on technologies that are critical to American and allied national security and foreign policy, and advocates for a global tech agenda that reflects freedom, democracy, and human rights.

The Commission Report

Three factors will make the Commission Report uniquely strategic for countering China’s authoritarian technological aspirations:

First, The Commission Report will analyze the security challenges posed by the PRC’s long-term strategy and will provide specific policy recommendations tailored to at least 12 and potentially 17 technology industry verticals. While other reports contain useful information and analysis of some specific technologies, their scopes never allowed for the in-depth treatment of each vertical as well as an integrated overarching strategy for countering tech authoritarianism.

Second, the scope of the Commission is global and will require more explicit analysis of, and recommendations for, private firms as well as key US allies and partners as part of democracies’ common efforts to compete in emerging technologies. Other US commissions have only focused on providing recommendations to Congress means that its policy recommendations are inherently limited to US legislative actions and do not include private sector actions or go into detail about the role of allies in Europe and Asia.

Third, past commission reports primarily have offered a series of recommendations for mostly defensive policies focused on slowing China’s unfair or illegal technological development efforts, the Commission Report will provide a set of recommendations that more explicitly balances between defensive policies and those policies meant to help the United States go on the offensive to maintain its competitive technological edge in partnership with like-minded allies and partners.

About Us

Objectives

Our experts provide research, training, and policy recommendations on tech sectors that are vital to U.S. foreign policy and national security interests

Assemble

Assemble a diverse team of Honorary Co-Chairs, 15 Country Commissioners and 12 Tech Commissioners to lead their Advisory Councils.

Develop

Develop a comprehensive set of offensive and defensive strategies in 12 national security tech sectors to combat techno-authoritarianism.

Build

Build a Global Trust Network of companies, institutions, industry leaders, and countries to drive the widespread adoption of trusted technologies.

Define

Define a set of Universal Tech Trust Standards and establish a Certification Center for Trusted Technology.

Create

Create a trusted tech movement by a rolling thunder of marketing communications with a state-of-the-art website and a powerful system of amplifiers.

Publish

Publish quarterly updates and final report with policy recommendations for governments and institutions as well as practical strategies for companies.

Architect

Architect the Global Tech Security Strategy that rallies and unifies nations, leverages the innovation & resources of the private sector and amplifies trust principles.

Co-Chairs

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Keith Krach

Chairman and Co-Founder Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

Chairman & Co-Founder, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy

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Kersti Kaljulaid

Former President of the Republic of Estonia

Estonian first and only female head of state as well as the youngest president, aged 46 at the time of her election.

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Honorary Co-Chairs

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“I appreciate the opportunity to join lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle to serve as an honorary co-chair on the Global Tech Security Commission. As policymakers, our actions are guided by the most up to date and accurate information available, as we look to counter China’s escalating aggression against Taiwan and democracies worldwide, and its expansive influence in our global market…”

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“The Global Tech Security Commission is an important effort to support our national defense and secure American prosperity against our great power competitors in the tech domain,” said Senator Ernst. “The Commission’s work will provide a roadmap for America’s present-day and next-generation workforce to develop, employ, and secure critical technologies.”

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“The Chinese Communist Party and other authoritarian regimes are leveraging critical and emerging technologies in order to challenge freedom and security around the world. The 21st century will therefore largely be defined by how the United States and our partner nations respond to these grave and gathering threats. I commend the Global Tech Security Commission for developing a global strategy for technology security that meets these rising challenges…”

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Representative Lori Trahan

(D-MA 3rd District)

“When focused on protecting civil rights, consumers, and democracy as a whole, advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and biomedical engineering can be used to solve some of the most daunting challenges humanity faces. It is critical that the United States work with our partners and allies to deploy these emerging technologies responsibly, secure our supply chains, and prepare our workforce. Failure to do so will pave the way for Chinese influence that could threaten human rights around the globe.”

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Representative Mike McCaul

(R-TX 10th District)

“Technology will determine whether America remains a leading superpower or is eclipsed by authoritarians, like the Chinese Communist Party. It is essential for the United States to lead in technology modernization in critical sectors and protect the know-how, manufacturing capability, and capital for these vital technologies from supporting our rivals…”

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“Countering the Chinese Communist Party’s techno-authoritarianism by developing and harnessing advanced technology is one of the critical challenges of our time. I am proud to join the nonpartisan Global Tech Security Commission as an honorary co-chair to work to address this challenge…”

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Staff

David Shullman

Senior Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council

David Shullman

Senior Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council

Dr. David O. Shullman is the senior director of the Global China Hub at the Atlantic Council, where he leads the council’s work on China. David has previously served as one of the US Government’s top experts on East Asia, most recently as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia on the National Intelligence Council (NIC). Prior to joining the NIC, David was a senior analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. He has been a Senior Advisor at the International Republican Institute, an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and an advisor on China for the Biden campaign.

Colleen Cottle

Deputy Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council

Colleen Cottle

Deputy Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council

Colleen Cottle is the deputy director of the Global China Hub at the Atlantic Council, where she helps advance the Council’s work on China and manages many of the Hub’s daily operations. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Colleen spent over a dozen years at the Central Intelligence Agency serving in a variety of analytic and managerial roles covering East and South Asia. Before that, she worked as a research analyst at a small economic consultancy and received a Fulbright Student Grant to study environmental economics at the University of Bonn in Germany.

Matt Geraci

Assistant Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council

Matt Geraci

Assistant Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council

Matt Geraci is an assistant director of the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub, where he helps research and devise allied solutions to the global challenges posed by China’s rise. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Matt was a research associate & program officer with the Institute for China-America studies, where he managed Maritime Affairs Program and Blue Carbon & Climate Change Program, incorporating GIS in his research on maritime studies, resources and the environment, US-China international development, and US-China Trade and economic issues.

Kitsch Liao

Assistant Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council

Kitsch Liao

Assistant Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council

Kitsch Liao is an assistant director of the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Kitsch has worked in congress, served in diplomatic posting and as a cyber intelligence analyst for the private sector, he is also the cyber and military affairs consultant for Taiwan’s Doublethink Lab. He has worked on various projects with the Australian Policy Institute (ASPI), Institute of National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), the U.S. Department of Defense, and Jane’s IHS on topics ranging from Taiwan’s ORBAT, China’s CBRN capability, to Chinese disinformation and cyber espionage operations.