CHIDIPLO Paris Dialogue: "Semiconductor Industrial and Innovation Policy: What Works and What Does Not"

On February 11, 2026, the CHIPDIPLO consortium hosted a closed-door dialogue, organized by Institut Montaigne, at the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée in Paris.

This event gathered over forty semiconductor industry representatives, international experts, and policymakers from Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, and India in three panel discussions to assess industrial and innovation policy approaches.

The CHIPDIPLO Project

The Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (CHIPDIPLO) is an 18-month project 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 the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS, Paris and Brussels), and co-funded by the European Union.

This project aims to help structure European foreign policy in the semiconductor sector, and contributes to the broader strategic objective of constructing a European economic foreign policy. It focuses on strengthening risk management for this strategic industry, promoting a more coordinated approach among the 27 EU Member States, and expanding networks of expertise with key international partners.