The US is changing its approach to dealing with China’s technology statecraft in the Middle East. The recent Microsoft-G42 deal offers a new model for technology competition that helps to secure American technologies while accommodating its partners’ aspirations.
China’s engagement with the Middle East is intimately intertwined with its broader global competition with the United States, which is increasingly evolving into a profound struggle for supremacy among great powers. Technological innovation has become a flashpoint in this struggle, and the rivalry has driven mutual incremental measures aimed at advancing what is commonly…
