Opinion Paper: How to Take U.S.-Japan Innovation and Technology Cooperation to the Next Level
Kenji Kushida
My new piece from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: "How to Take US-Japan Innovation and Technology Cooperation to the Next Level"
The evolution of the U.S.-Japan security alliance into a multidomain technology and innovation pact is a welcome development for both sides. The Biden-Kishida summit highlighted many of the areas in which US-Japan cooperation can move forward.
In the policy world, there is a lot of talk about how technology cooperation is needed, but my take is that understanding specific dynamics of industry are necessary to recognize the deep levels of collaboration already occurring, and to see what is needed to take them to the next level. For example, specific conceptions of startup ecosystem components and how they work, and understanding how digital infrastructure comprised of infrastructure, platforms, and applications underlies discussions of cybersecurity or digital "trade" are critical.
