1、Policy BriefAugust 2023Through a Glass,Darkly:Mapping Emerging Technologies and Their Supply ChainsUsing CSETs Map of Science and Supply Chain ExplorerAuthorJohn VerWeyCenter for Security and Emerging Technology|1 Executive Summary Emerging technologies are of keen interest to policymakers,private f

2、irms,and researchers because of their perceived economic and national security promise.Private firms and researchers hope to invent and commercialize the next ubiquitous technology.Governments want to understand what policies they can pursue to increase domestic innovation in these technologies and,

3、in some circumstances,deny adversaries access to these technologies.At the same time this interest in emerging technologies has spiked,ongoing supply chain interruptions have exposed the worldwide reliance and fragility of some technologies global value chains.This confluence of factors has highligh

4、ted shared challenges and opportunities:emerging technologies and supply chains are largely developed and controlled by private-sector firms.However,information about both can be revealed through careful analysis of public information.This information can inform policymakers efforts to increase comp

5、etitiveness in both emerging technologies and their supply chains.This paper argues that policymakers efforts to increase competitiveness in emerging technologies and resilience in supply chains should be closely coordinated and aligned.Efforts to identify emerging technologies and associated supply

6、 chains are challenged by the fundamental nature of emerging technologies.By definition,emerging technologies are new and rapidly changing,making them hard to track.Because these technologies are inherently immature,the underlying supply chain of people,processes,products,services,information,and re