Clete Johnson
In an ongoing paper series, the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program has explored the national security implications of spectrum allocation. The series argues that it is a national security imperative for the United States to make spectrum available for licensed 5G and future-generation wireless technologies to secure its position as the leader in trusted network technologies, especially as autocracies, led by China, seek to dominate. As previous CSIS analysis has observed, China has adopted an aggressive strategy to lead in technology, particularly 5G and future-generation networks and applications. Since spectrum is critical to the future of the networks and applications that their societies rely on, the security of the United States and its allies depends on leading and fostering trusted partnerships in this arena.
Continuing with this area of focus, this two-part paper examines the concrete national security impacts of commercial licensed spectrum availability: Below, Part 1 explores the reasons why spectrum allocation for commercial 5G is indispensable for developing trusted technology. Part 2 will explore why commercial spectrum is crucial to U.S. and allied military operations and capabilities.
Spectrum Availability and the Development of a Trusted Technology Supply Chain
Commercial spectrum allocation is critical to the security of the United States and its allies, as it is indispensable to the future of the networks and applications on which their societies depend. These networks and applications will be designed either to advance the principles that support the United States and its market-democratic allies or to serve the control and suppression efforts of the deepening autocratic alliance of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
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