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U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy (1992) / Chapter Skim
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7 Issues for U.S. Policy: National Security
Pages 54-58

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From page 54...
... Will it permit the private sector to continue concluding alliances that give Japanese competitors access to some of America's leading-edge technology? In the United States, the commitment to the ideology of free market economics runs so deep that government interference in private sector alliances is usually justified only in those exceptional cases in which national security is clearly jeopardized.
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From page 55...
... It is more difficult today to disentangle the economic from strictly military factors and to define the concept of national security comprehensively in terms of military, political, social, and economic factors.3i What has happened to alter the calculus of national security? Listed below are a few of the seminal developments: 1.
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From page 56...
... hard questions concerning a more equitable distribution of costs and burdens associated with the provision of such collective goods as peace, stability, and security (disproportionately shouldered by the United States) , and the image of Japan as an opportunistic "free rider." Reflecting the importance of such developments, a variety of specific questions concerning the fusion of economic and military factors in the calculus of national security have arisen.
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From page 57...
... Using this conceptual lens makes it possible to sort through the maze of issues that have a direct bearing on national security. If, for example, a strategic alliance involving the transfer of seminal technology, such as operational software, places America's capacity to innovate and manufacture essential weaponry at risk, then the proposed alliance would constitute a national security question requiring analysis and possible public policy action.
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From page 58...
... capacity to innovate in the long run. Focusing on the effects on innovative capability provides a foundation for addressing these complex issues.
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