Nations are systematically building independent technological capabilities—semiconductor fabs, AI infrastructure, renewable energy systems—to reduce reliance on dominant global powers and assert control over critical supply chains. China's reusable rockets, India's energy sovereignty plays, and Western nations' lithography alternatives reflect a geopolitical pivot from integrated global markets toward fragmented, regionally self-sufficient tech ecosystems. This is Control: states asserting dominance over their technological destiny rather than surrendering to US/Chinese hegemony.