Seeking Decisive Edge, China Uses Third-Party Countries to Circumvent U.S. AI Export Controls
Chinese firms have embraced an indirect approach to competing with Silicon Valley.
Silicon Valley
‘AI’s Sputnik Moment’: Chinese AI Model DeepSeek-R1 Reportedly Surpasses Leading U.S. AI Models
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released its latest model, R1, on January 20. According to the company, R1 performs favorably compared to leading Western models on key benchmarking tests despite having been allegedly developed at a fraction of the cost and employing a fraction of the computing power. Silicon Valley venture capitalist and White House advisor Marc Andreessen referred to DeepSeek’s announcement as “AI’s Sputnik moment,” comparing the development to the Soviet Union’s launch of the first satellite.
Policy Briefs
Risk Factors: Chinese companies are exploiting American capital markets
The Chinese fast fashion giant Shein has filed to go public in the U.S., with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley as lead underwriters. The IPO (initial public offering) is projected to...
Op-eds
How Silicon Valley Engineered China’s Protest Crackdowns
American software and equipment—from companies like Microsoft and Oracle—is deeply embedded throughout China’s police state.
Op-eds
Beijing’s American Hustle
How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power
Op-eds
We Should Not Underestimate China’s Military Ambitions
Suggestions that the People’s Republic is a ‘paper dragon’ are ill-informed and misleading.
Op-eds
The Realignment
On Iran, Biden is finishing what Obama started. And his top advisers are all on board.
Op-eds
Social Media Is an Intel Gold Mine. Why Aren’t Governments Using It?
“To platform or to deplatform” is the wrong debate.
Op-eds
Good Climate Policy Should Fight Corruption and Organized Crime
They are key drivers of deforestation and environmental degradation.
Op-eds
Keeping China’s Digital Trojan Horses at Bay
Imagine if the people of ancient Troy had received advanced warning that the giant horse outside their fortified walls was not a gift, but instead an elaborate ruse to enable Greek infiltration of the city. According...
Op-eds
Countering China Is for the BIRDs
In 1950, as Cold War tensions were on the rise, President Harry Truman asked allies to stand and be counted. Israel reflexively stepped up and backed the president who bravely supported the creation of...
Op-eds
Trump administration puts freedom first
The Trump administration has declared 2020 the year of “Freedom First,” though you would be forgiven for having missed it. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement at an event on human...
Op-eds
Don’t Underestimate Economic Side of Russia’s Cyber Warfare
Russia knows how to spread chaos and outrage in American politics, but Russia may pose a far greater...
Op-eds
Another American Revolution
Donald Trump’s electoral victory surprised no end of pundits, not just because the polls were so off-base, but also because they couldn’t imagine the American people turning against a...
Op-eds
Apple, the FBI and free speech: Column
It would be one thing if Apple could carry out a court order that it unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorists simply by waving a magic wand. But encryption isn’t magic; the or...
Op-eds
Heading Toward An EMP Catastrophe
For over a decade now, since the Congressional EMP Commission delivered its first report to Congress eleven years ago in July of 2004, various Senate and House committees have heard from numerous scie...
Congressional Testimonies
A Shift To a ‘Knowledge Economy’ Could Transform the Middle East
The Middle East has a long-established reputation for extremism, human rights abuses and underperforming economies. The region’s leaders tend to point the finger of respo...
Op-eds
The Costs and Benefits of the NSA
Should Americans fear the possible abuse of the intercept power of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland? Absolutely. In the midst of the unfolding scandal at the IRS, we understan...
Op-eds
Saudi Money Shaping US Research
Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves are expected to run dry in fifty years. This prospect has encouraged the Saudis to go shopping for cutting-edge science that can secure the kingdom’s futur...
Op-eds
Natural Gas for Cars
It’s the key to ending OPEC’s control over the U.S. transportation industry.