Japan’s Chip Challenge: Semiconductor Policy for the Data Centre Era
Expert Analysis
Hugh Grant-Chapman and Tom McGee, "Japan’s Chip Challenge: Semiconductor Policy for the Data Centre Era," CETaS Expert Analysis (June 2024).
Bio
Tom McGee received his Master in Public Policy in May 2024 from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Knox Memorial Fellow. His research interests include the geopolitics of technology and industrial policy, two areas he explored in depth through a research visit to Japan and Taiwan. His Master’s thesis – co-authored with Hugh Grant-Chapman – was awarded the Prize for Outstanding Policy Analysis Exercise.
Before graduate school, Tom was a Senior Policy Advisor in several UK government departments. At the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, he helped to implement the UK Innovation Strategy, with a particular focus on the commercialisation of university research. He received his BA in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Cambridge, ranked top of his year.