Dean Ernest J. Wilson III (pictured) wrote a recent article in the Huffington Post about the lack of change in U.S. foreign policy since last year's Google-China showdown.
Dean Wilson's article, "Hu's Coming to Dinner: A Year After the Google-China Dust-Up, Has Anything Changed?," outlines what has occurred in private companies, industry associations, the White House, the State Department and think tanks during the last 12 months.
"The conflict should have been a teachable moment for American companies and those responsible for the design and conduct of U.S. foreign policy," he wrote. "Rightly framed, it could have been a moment to talk about the prospects for a post-industrial age foreign policy for the United States."
However, he wrote that potential changes have not turned into reality.
"American high-tech companies remain heavy hitters economically at home and abroad, but continue to punch way below their weight politically," he wrote. "They remain heavyweight boxers hitting with the power of welterweights. History shows clearly that the dominant economic modes of a country will eventually throw their weight around in domestic, and eventually, foreign policy. But it is now clear that the Google-China match was not the start of a new age of digital diplomacy."
What do you think? Join the conversation on our Facebook page .
