The conflict highlights and threatens the largely unquestioned path towards industrial, economic and supply chain globalisation
A police officer walks next to a school building damaged by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Kostiantynivka, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this May 22 2022 file photo.
It is part of a trend seen during the Covid-19 pandemic vaccine race and since intensified. Major nations and blocs look to swap decades of dependence on global supply networks beyond their control for tighter sources that they trust, a process that brings its intrinsic challenges and new problems. That offers something of a lifeline to the Kremlin. On Friday, Senegalese President and AU chair Macky Sall met Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, calling for an end to Western sanctions even as the US and the EU blamed Russia’s invasion and de facto blockade of Ukraine’s Odesa port for slashing its exports and “weaponising” food.The importance of access to globalised networks, however, cuts both ways — and nowhere is this more true than technology.
Russia is believed to have used up a significant quantity of chips needed for its precision long-range munitions — with Taiwan among those imposing an embargo as soon as the invasion launched. In 2020, prompted jointly by the chip shortage, concern over Chinese state surveillance through telecom firm Huawei and deteriorating mid-pandemic geopolitical relations, the US restricted US and other chip sales to dozens of Chinese firms, particularly those associated with the military. Russia has also faced similar and now even more draconian curbs, imposing risk for any major manufacturer found to be continuing direct sales.
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