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title: "Antitrust and National Security: Balancing Competition, Innovation, and Technological Leadership"
summary: |-
  Jack Nicastro spoke on a CSIS panel examining how national security considerations should factor into antitrust decisions, the potential implications of structural remedies for U.S. competitiveness, and the role of alternative policy tools in addressing security concerns.
date: "2026-11-05"
issues: ["Antitrust", "Defense and National Security"]
canonical_url: "https://www.csis.org/events/antitrust-and-national-security-balancing-competition-innovation-and-technological"
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# Antitrust and National Security: Balancing Competition, Innovation, and Technological Leadership


As competition in emerging technologies intensifies, policymakers face increasingly complex questions about how to promote competitive markets while preserving the scale, innovation, and technological capabilities necessary to compete with state-backed foreign rivals.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a livestreamed discussion examining how national security considerations should factor into antitrust decisions, the potential implications of structural remedies for U.S. competitiveness, and the role of alternative policy tools in addressing security concerns.

Speakers:

- **Taylar Rajic**, Fellow, CSIS Strategic Technologies Program (Moderator)
- **Matt Pearl**, Director, CSIS Strategic Technologies Program
- **James Andrew Lewis**, Senior Adviser, CSIS Economic Security and Technology Department
- **Jack Nicastro**, Antitrust Policy Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://www.csis.org/events/antitrust-and-national-security-balancing-competition-innovation-and-technological*