Theo Hickfang

I am DPhil student in Political Theory at Wolfson College and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. My research is funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

Oxford Technology & Security Nexus — "Cloud empires’ physical footprint: How trade and security politics shape the global expansion of U.S. and Chinese data centre infrastructures"

This week, Dr. Vili Lehdonvirta and Boxi Wu will be presenting on their paper (written in conjunction with Zoe Hawkins): “Cloud empires’ physical footprint: How trade and security politics shape the global expansion of U.S. and Chinese data centre infrastructures”

Paper Abstract

China’s Military Rise: Two decades of catch up with the USA

Despite growing concerns over China’s military build-up and modernization there have been few attempts to understand the growth of China’s defence budget, its comparative size or composition. Available estimates of China’s military spending range implausibly from one quarter of the USA to near parity and, since the end of the Cold War, no statistical agencies or defence departments have reported international comparisons of real defence spending.
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