MODULE 5

🔗Global Supply Chains

Critical supply chain dependencies, geopolitical risks, and strategic competition in technology.

📝5 Topics
⏱️~125 min

🎯Learning Objectives

  • Assess environmental externalities across the digital stack
  • Explore circular economy levers for hardware and e-waste
  • Translate ESG metrics into actionable infrastructure policies
Topic 5.1
Framework

Module Overview: Global Supply Chains

High-level map of chokepoints, dependencies, and geopolitical risk.

⏱️15 min
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Topic 5.2
Core Concept

Raw Materials & Refining

Critical materials and refining processes

⏱️30 min
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Topic 5.3
Core Concept

Equipment Manufacturing Chokepoints

Critical manufacturing equipment dependencies

⏱️35 min
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Topic 5.4
Case Study

The Taiwan Question: TSMC & Foundry Concentration

Geopolitical risks in semiconductor manufacturing

⏱️40 min
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Topic 5.5
Research

Technology Sovereignty & Strategic Competition

National security and technological independence

⏱️30 min
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