Keith Krach continues to serve our country after his highly successful term at State Department where he jump-started and developed a model for effectively countering China’s techno-economic aggression by building the Clean Network Alliance of Democracies based on the Trust Principle. It was my distinct honor to work with and for him on identifying the PRC’s weaknesses, against which Keith created strategies to harness America’s, allies’, and partner’s strengths. He quickly adapted his understanding of digital Trust to counter Beijing’s Trust-less, might-makes-right governance policies. The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy continues to leverage democratic strengths through the Trust Principle to counter the CCP’s exploitation and corruption of free and open networks.

Dave Stilwell Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs