But this success has come at a price—Turkey is drawing international attention, and at times attracting criticism, over its drone export policies. The latest example was in December 2021 when the United States reportedly expressed humanitarian concerns over the use of Turkish drones in Ethiopia, where conflict between the government and fighters in the region of Tigray continues with severe implications for the civilian population. According to unofficial reports, Turkey brushed off this criticism by highlighting its engagement with all parties involved to help resolve the conflict and pointing out that Ankara attaches humanitarian provisions to its arms sales.

To read the full report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, please click here. 

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In the current international landscape, Beijing can cripple foreign industries by cutting off access to its domestic market. Atkinson argues that this tactic has already proven effective in recent times, with EU telecoms companies recently threatened with being shut out of the Chinese market should the bloc bring a trade case to the WTO against China for unfairly subsidising its own telecoms giants, Huawei and ZTE.

This matters to the world as China is pursuing global dominance in key industries and technologies through its Made in China 2025 scheme. It is therefore time for a new approach under which like-minded democratic nations agree to come to each other’s aid. Success would depend on members of this ‘NATO for trade’ cooperating to deter Chinese economic aggression that would harm all nations.

China’s state capitalist model and economic playbook have proven to be powerful, and it’s imperative that like-minded democracies have their own strategy, building on each nation’s technological strengths, to ensure that they can compete and prosper economically and technologically.

To read the full report from the China Research Group, please click here.

Robert D. Atkinson is the President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

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