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From the Cold War to U.S.–China Rivalry: Continuities and Transformations in the Technological Race
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The logic of technological competition that characterized the Cold War finds a new incarnation today in the rivalry between the United States and China. Whereas in the postwar decades ballistic missiles, satellites, and military computing defined the core fields of contest, the current focus lies on artificial intelligence, advanced semiconductors, the renewed space race, and missile defense architectures.
In both historical contexts, technology is not a neutral domain but a contested arena where scientific and industrial primacy becomes synonymous with political and military power.
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