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Sarah Kreps

John L. Wetherill Professor of Government and Law and Director of the Cornell Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University

Sarah Kreps is the John L. Wetherill Professor of Government and Law, and Director of the Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University. She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Her teaching and research focus on the intersection of international politics, technology, and national security. Her most recent books include Social Media and International Relations (2020) and Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy (2018), and her work has also appeared in a number of academic journals such as the American Political Science Review, World Politics, Journal of Politics, and International Security.

Articles by Sarah Kreps

Economy

How TikTok became America’s China compromise

Framed as a national security win, the TikTok deal stops short of decoupling, embedding Chinese participation in US-controlled structures. US academic Sarah Kreps examines the deal and its consequences.

Sarah Kreps

02 Feb 2026

Economy

The TikTok showdown: Can America contain a Chinese tech giant without breaking it?

The TikTok compromise highlights shifting priorities in both Beijing and Washington and reflects the new realities of global tech competition (and possibly cooperation), says US academic Sarah Kreps.

Sarah Kreps

22 Sep 2025

Politics

What now for TikTok after the appeals court ruling?

After the federal appeals court made its decision, TikTok still faces a possible ban in the US if it does not divest itself from its parent company by January 2025. Will the Supreme Court intervene and would President-elect Trump issue an executive order when he assumes office? US academic Sarah Kreps weighs up the possibilities.

Sarah Kreps

09 Dec 2024

Politics

Can Big Tech fix the government from within?

The US federal government has become an albatross. For tech leaders like Elon Musk joining the government, the goal is not top-down innovation but rather to whittle down the regulatory drag that inhibits industry, says US academic Sarah Kreps.

Sarah Kreps

18 Nov 2024

Politics

Should there be an age limit for politicians?

US academic Sarah Kreps weighs the question of setting political age limits, reflecting that for world leaders, the stakes are too high to risk implementation by someone facing age-related decline. On the other hand, the deterioration of mind and body is non-linear, relative and dynamic. What middle ground can there be?

Sarah Kreps

11 Sep 2024

Technology

US digital regulation dilemma: How to censor in a free society?

After TikTok's recent high-profile congressional hearing, the question on everyone's lips is what happens next - is a total ban likely? But the larger issue, says academic Sarah Kreps, is whether the US risks winning the battle of ideas and ideals but losing the war.

Sarah Kreps

17 Apr 2023