Stanford
Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition

Course Roadmap

Part 1 - Back to the Future: Great Power Competition in the 21st Century 

Week 1 - September 26

Course Introduction and the Return of Great Power Competition

Week 2 - October 3

A World that No Longer Exists: Tech Revolution and Competition

Week 3 - October 10

The PRC: A Techno-Security State

Week 4 - October 17

The World According to China

Part 2 - Technologies and Domains of Great Power Competition 

Week 5 - October 24

Emerging Technological Reality: It's All About Semiconductors

Week 6 - October 31

New Domains of Competition: Space and Cyber

Week 7 - November 7

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Week 8 - November 14

High Performance Computing and Bio

Week 9 - November 18

Course Reflection and Recap

Week 10 - December 5

Final Presentations