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The People's Republic of China (PRC) is undertaking one of the most significant military build-ups of our generation and Western universities are contributing to it. Academic institutions sit at the leading edge of scientific discovery, but in critical STEM fields, research is increasingly vulnerable to exploitation by adversarial nation-states seeking to gain the upper hand through dual-use innovation.   Strider research detailed more than 8,000 joint publications and collaborations between UK researchers and Chinese military-linked institutions on STEM technologies since 2020. In the United States, Strider found more than 100,000 instances of PLA-affiliated research institutes collaborating with U.S. universities on STEM technologies since 2017. These collaborations are research on AI, quantum computing, anti-jamming communications, hypersonic vehicles, directed energy, and more. And these collaborations are not with ordinary academic or research institutions. These are the organizations actively building the next generation of strategic technologies and weapons systems for the PRC. Read more about Strider’s research in The Spectator (link to the article in the comments).