Both China and the U.S. are aiming to decouple technologically from one another. But is it practically possible or even desirable? To answer that question, YCW spoke with Nigel Inkster CMG, Senior Adviser for Cyber Security and China at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and author of the highly praised recent book The Great Decoupling: China, America and the Struggle for Technological Supremacy (UK: Hurst, 2020).
Moderator:
Raffaello Pantucci (YCW Co-Founder)
About Nigel Inkster:
A lifelong student of China who is fluent in Mandarin, prior to joining the IISS, Nigel worked for 31 years in the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), retiring at the end of 2006 as assistant chief and director of operations and intelligence.
Video edited by: Joshua Cartwright
