{"title":"Chris Miller","description":"\u003cp\u003eChris Miller explores the intricate forces shaping global power through compelling narratives at the intersection of \u003cem\u003ebusiness, politics\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ehistory\u003c\/em\u003e. His works delve into the strategies behind technological dominance and geopolitical influence, offering readers a thoughtful analysis of contemporary and past events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a knack for storytelling, Miller illuminates complex subjects such as industrial competition and political ambition. 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Now that edge is in danger of slipping, undermined by the naïve assumption that globalising the chip industry and letting players in Taiwan, Korea and Europe take over manufacturing serves America's interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently, as \u003cem\u003eChip War\u003c\/em\u003e reveals, China, which spends more on chips than any other product, is pouring billions into a chip-building Manhattan Project to catch up to the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eChip War\u003c\/em\u003e, economic historian Chris Miller recounts the fascinating sequence of events that led to the United States perfecting chip design, and how faster chips helped defeat the Soviet Union by rendering the Russians’ arsenal of precision-guided weapons obsolete. The battle to control this industry will shape our future. China spends more money importing chips than buying oil, and they are China's greatest external vulnerability as they are fundamentally reliant on foreign chips. But with 37 per cent of the global supply of chips being made in Taiwan, within easy range of Chinese missiles, the West's fear is that a solution may be close at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A riveting history. 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Exceptionally well written and argued, \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Be Masters\u003c\/i\u003e helps us understand Russia on its own terms and offers historical insight into the future of its relations with China, its main rival and occasional ally.\u003cbr\u003e- Serhii Plokhy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChallenges the conventional view that Russia has enduring interests in the Far East. For Russia, Miller argues, Asia has been a land of unfulfilled promises.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaptures the immensity, complexity, and importance of Russia's eastern borderlands through the eyes of its explorers. Comprehensive and fluidly written.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEver since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by the promise of the East. But from the tsars to Stalin and beyond, Russia's ambitions have repeatedly outstripped its capacity. In \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Be Masters\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris Miller explores why these expansionist dreams so often ended in disappointment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the heart of the nation in the European borderlands, Russia's would-be pioneers struggled to maintain public interest in their far-flung pursuits. But its leaders never stopped setting their sights on the riches of the East. 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Most of Russia's pivots to Asia have therefore been half-hearted and fleeting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, the Kremlin talks up the importance of a \"strategic partnership\" with Xi Jinping's China, and Vladimir Putin's government is at pains to emphasise Russian activities across Eurasia. But while distance is covered with relative ease in the age of air travel and digital communication, the East remains far off in the ways that matter most. 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Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually \u003ci\u003eeverything\u003c\/i\u003e—from missiles to microwaves—runs on chips, including cars, smartphones, the stock market, even the electric grid. Until recently, America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the number one superpower, but America's edge is in danger of slipping, undermined by players in Taiwan, Korea, and Europe taking over manufacturing. Now, as \u003ci\u003eChip War\u003c\/i\u003e reveals, China, which spends more on chips than any other product, is pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US. 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