In this edition of Global Tech Security Insights, a series of interviews with Commissioners from the Global Tech Security Commission, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Executive Producer Thuy Vu has a conversation with Todd Chapman, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil and Ecuador and Diplomacy Commissioner on the GTSC, to speak on the urgency of bridging the gap between diplomats and tech, as well as what pragmatic steps the U.S. and its allies can take to ensure technology advances freedom.
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