Chris Miller (academic)


Christopher R. Miller is an American historian, specialising in economic history and international relations. He is the author of the book Chip War. He is a professor at Tufts University and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Early life and education

Miller attended Harvard College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 2009. While at Harvard he won the Hoopes Prize. He then attended Yale University, where he received a Master of Arts in 2011 and a Ph.D. in 2015.

Career

While at Yale, Miller was a director at the Program in Grand Strategy. In 2017, he became a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. In 2022, he published Chip War, a book on the history of semiconductors. The book was critically acclaimed, winning the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award and the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award.
Miller frequently comments on the semiconductor industry and U.S.-China relations. He has praised the CHIPS Act and has written extensively about the future of the semiconductor race under the Trump administration.