Trusted tech helps democracies counter control by aligning standards, supply chains and alliances to scale freedom
Apr 17, 2026 at 05:00 AM EDT
By Roberto Baldoni, Janice deGarmo, and Len Khodorkovsky
The defining contest of the 21st century is not simply between nations and borders. It is between systems: those that use technology to expand human freedom and those that use it to entrench control.
Critical technologies such as AI, semiconductors, cloud, quantum, biotech, and others are no longer just economic sectors. They are the operating system of modern society.
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TECHNOLOGY MUST ADVANCE FREEDOM
The Race for Trusted Technology and the Alliances That Will Shape Power, Markets, and Freedom
By Roberto Baldoni, Janice deGarmo, and Len Khodorkovsky