‘Tech companies are the primary architects of digital space where it is not just a question about rules of data flowing, it is about engineering decisions that affect the way people act.’

In this episode of the podcast, Manas Chawla speaks to the Vice President for Europe & Eurasia and Technology Policy at Albright Stonebridge Group Kevin Allison about the collision between geopolitics and technology as governments focus their attention on the rapidly developing technology sector and increasingly seek to weaponise critical mineral and semiconductor supply chains. They also discuss the influence that tech companies have as geopolitical actors and the pressure they are under as governments seek to dominate the technology space.

Kevin Allison is Vice President at Albright Stonebridge Group which is a global strategy and commercial diplomacy firm helping clients to navigate the intersection of public, private, and social sectors in international markets. Prior to joining Albright Stonebridge Group, he served as Director and Deputy Head of the Eurasia Group’s Geo-Technology practice. Kevin began his career in journalism working firstly for The Financial Times and then for Reuters having completed his MPP at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.