What Happened
US Institutions Face Directive To Review And Cut Alliances Deemed National Security Risk
The Pentagon has ordered 30 US universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, to review and cut foreign academic partnerships deemed a national security risk. The directive, aimed largely at ties to Chinese institutions, requires institutions to conduct and report reviews within two weeks. The move is intended to protect taxpayer-funded research from unauthorized technology transfers and intellectual-property theft. According to a US official, the list of institutions also includes the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This development was first reported by an unknown source.