Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (CHIPDIPLO)

The Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (CHIPDIPLO) is a project aiming to help structure European foreign policy in the semiconductor sector. It is led by Institut Montaigne with the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS, Prague and Bratislava), the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS, Brussels), and is co-funded by the European Union. Mathieu Duchâtel from Institut Montaigne is the Project Coordinator for the consortium. Filip Šebok, from CEIAS, and Antonio Calcara, from CSDS, are Project Managers. The consortium also works with Joris Teer from the EU Institute for Security Studies who serves as a senior advisor to the project.

• Better anticipate and strengthen risk management for this strategic industry—covering production, access to components, supply chain diversification, and financing— in a geopolitical environment increasingly shaped by economic coercion and the risk of war.
• Promote a more coordinated approach among stakeholders within the EU in areas such as innovation, industrial policy, and technology transfer controls.
• Expand networks of expertise with key partners like the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, as well as emerging players such as India and ASEAN countries.