If globalisation has received much attention from students of international politics, the globalisation of innovation has received very little. This seminar explores the politics behind US policies toward this new phenomenon and the implications for US relations with China and India. While the stakes are high in this realm of economic cooperation, US policy does not reflect any strategic rationale. Instead, US policy is best understood as the outcome of political battles between high-tech interests and a range of opponents. The seminar explains how this political competition illuminates the fluctuations in US policies toward high-skill immigration over the past two decades.

Andrew Kennedy is a Senior Lecturer at Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. His research focuses on international politics in Asia, with particular interest in the United States, China, and India. He is currently engaged in two major research projects. The first explores the political foundations of cooperation between the United States, China, and India in technological innovation, while the second assesses and compares the emergence of China and India as technological powers. His research is currently supported by an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, among other sources.

The Crawford School Research Seminar (CSRS) is a forum for scholars from across Crawford School of Public Policy to share their research and receive input from faculty and doctoral candidates on works-in-progress.