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Top News of the Week – Frontier AI Access Restrictions Become a Global Policy Issue

What began as restrictions on foreign access to Anthropic's most advanced AI model has become a broader debate over whether frontier AI systems should be treated as strategically sensitive technologies subject to export-style controls.

Key Points:

• On June 12, the Commerce Department directed a leading AI developer to restrict access to one of its most advanced models for foreign nationals after concerns emerged that safeguards on the system could be circumvented.

• Because the company lacked a reliable mechanism to enforce nationality-based access controls, it temporarily withdrew broad access to the affected model while implementing compliance measures.

• The issue has expanded beyond a single company, with allied governments seeking clarification on how restrictions would apply to their citizens, researchers, and companies.

• Major multinational organizations have begun reviewing or modifying internal AI access policies in response to uncertainty surrounding the availability of frontier AI systems across jurisdictions.

• The episode may represent the first significant test case for a broader U.S. policy framework that treats the most capable AI models as strategic assets whose distribution can be restricted on national security grounds.

More on Background:

• JPMorgan cuts Anthropic access for Hong Kong staff – Reuters, June 18, 2026

• EU cybersecurity officials meet with Anthropic – Reuters, June 17, 2026

• Trump says talks with Anthropic are “going fine” – WSJ, June 17, 2026

• The hidden risk of Trump’s Anthropic crackdown – Axios, June 16, 2026

• US holds off blacklisting China’s DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks, sources say – Reuters, June 16, 2026

• Read the Lutnick Letter That Led Anthropic to Disable Mythos – Bloomberg, June 16, 2026

• The White House Is Ratcheting Up Its War Against Anthropic – The Atlantic, June 15, 2026

• Inside the whirlwind 24 hours that led the White House to slap export controls on Anthropic – Politico, June 13, 2026

• Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security – The White House, June 2, 2026

Latest News

What to know about the deal to end the Iran war – AP, June 15, 2026

Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Won’t Have ‘Tolls’ but It Will Have ‘Fees’ – NYTs, June 15, 2026

Six Russian ships flee Channel in 77 minutes after UK seizes Putin shadow tanker – The i Paper, June 14, 2026

U.S. Expands List of Chinese Tech Companies It Says Assist Beijing’s Military – Wall Street Journal, June 9, 2026

America turns 250. Its greatest innovation was never a product — it was a system that let anyone build one – Keith Krach, Fortune, June 7, 2026

Left With Few Choices, EU Braces for a Trade Fight with China – Bloomberg, June 3, 2026

EU launches major tech push to break US and China dependence – Euronews, June 3, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

Trump Invokes Cold War-Era Law to Boost Munitions Production – WSJ, June 16, 2026

Trump’s China-Nvidia Dealing Threatens DOJ Chip Smuggling Trial – Bloomberg Law, June 15, 2026

US shortens cyber fix window to three days as AI threats rise – Reuters, June 10, 2026

China-linked operatives used ChatGPT to influence data centers debate: OpenAI – Axios, June 10, 2026

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology – Wired, June 9, 2026

What Are Chinese AI Companies Saying About the Impacts of Export Controls? – Konstantin F. Pilz, June 7, 2026

Korea Corner

Trump Invokes Cold War-Era Law to Boost Munitions Production – WSJ, June 16, 2026

Trump’s China-Nvidia Dealing Threatens DOJ Chip Smuggling Trial – Bloomberg Law, June 15, 2026

US shortens cyber fix window to three days as AI threats rise – Reuters, June 10, 2026

China-linked operatives used ChatGPT to influence data centers debate: OpenAI – Axios, June 10, 2026

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology – Wired, June 9, 2026

What Are Chinese AI Companies Saying About the Impacts of Export Controls? – Konstantin F. Pilz, June 7, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Google says Chinese-linked hackers stole defence and AI data from US and Canadian labs for a year – Cybernews, June 15, 2026

The Future of Work and AI – WSJ, June 11, 2026

China’s control over indium phosphide exports threatens AI data centre rollout – Reuters, June 10, 2026

White House Reins In AI-Testing Unit as National-Security Concerns Grow – WSJ, June 9, 2026

China Inc deploys ‘quiet’ layoffs as Beijing promotes AI adoption – Reuters, June 9, 2026

The Compute Coalition: How to Build the Future of AI in the Free World – CEIP, June 8, 2026

White House AI adviser to leave position as Trump weighs stakes in AI firms – Nikkei Asia, June 7, 2026

Adversarial Distillation: China’s Campaign to Extract American AI Capabilities – CNAS, June 2, 2026

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

How Millions of Digital Home Devices Are Secretly Powering Cyberattacks – WSJ, June 15, 2026

Florida AG sues TikTok in latest move against tech giants – Politico, June 15, 2026

FBI disables 13 Chinese suspected spying websites targeting US officials – SCMP, June 11, 2026

Chinese hackers pose biggest espionage threat to tech firms, CrowdStrike says – Reuters, June 9, 2026

Critical Minerals

US business group says some critical minerals are ‘nearly unobtainable’ from China – Reuters, June 10, 2026

US asks China to resume rare-earth exports to Japan – Nikkei Asia, June 9, 2026

The Fight to Break China’s Rare-Earth Dominance Moves to a New Front in Brazil – Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2026

China’s hunt for US tungsten escalates global critical minerals race – Financial Times, June 2, 2026

Why the West Keeps Losing Critical Mineral Assets to China – CSIS, June 2, 2026

Synthetic Biology

The Pharma Choke Point: How to Reduce U.S. Dependence on Chinese Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Supply Chains – Council on Foreign Relations, June 2026

Promote the antidote: Reducing the risk from toxins – Atlantic Council, May 28, 2026

Quantum

UK, Japan Expand Quantum Partnership with Focus on Commercial Deployment – Quantum Insider, June 15, 2026

Report: U.S. Still Leads in Quantum Technology, But China is Closing the Gap – Quantum Insider, June 15, 2026

Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two years away? – New Scientist, June 15, 2026

Google Declined U.S. Quantum Funding Initiative Over Program Restrictions – Quantum Insider, June 12, 2026

Google quantum exec: US government funding would’ve come with ‘conditions’ – Semafor, June 10, 2026

Quantum ghost imaging works using only sunlight in stunning new experiment – Science Daily, May 17, 2026

Quantum Technology Supersensors Develops Quantum Sensing Robot Skin – Quantum Insider, May 13, 2026

Robotics

Sea drone rescues US army helicopter crew near Strait of Hormuz – BBC, June 9, 2026

China’s Unitree Will Dominate Global Robotics – SemiAnalysis, June 8, 2026

German start-up Neura raises $1.4bn in humanoid robot push – FT, June 8, 2026

China is training a robot future — one folded shirt at a time – Rest of the World, June 3, 2026

Moolenaar, Obernolte, McClellan Introduce Legislation to Ban Dangerous Chinese Robots – House Select Committee on the CCP, June 3, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Is Beijing planning to make more drones overseas for Middle Eastern buyers? – SCMP, June 15, 2026

COMAC: China’s Looming Threat to the Global Aviation Industry – ITIF, June 15, 2026

Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time – New Scientist, June 10, 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

India’s Kaynes enters Japan’s chip assembly market with local partners – Nikkei Asia, June 17, 2026

Chinese fab SMIC’s 7nm metal pitch beats Intel 18A but lags 38% on density, teardown finds — Huawei’s sanctions-beating HiSilicon Kirin 9030 is the first subject of SemiAnalysis’s new teardown lab – Tom’s Hardware, June 16, 2026

How the PLA Has Tried to Get Around Chip Export Controls – The Wire China, June 4, 2026

Energy and Climate

The New Carbon Order: China’s Response to Europe’s CBAM – CSIS, June 15, 2026

China’s solar panel giants bleed red ink on oversupply, price war – Nikkei Asia, June 9, 2026

GM bets on sodium battery tech to challenge China dominance – FT, June 9, 2026

World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China – The Guardian, June 9, 2026

China’s carbon emissions rise again as more clean power is wasted – Climate Home News, June 4, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

The Anthropic ‘Fable’ saga proves: we have opened the AI Pandora’s box. What now? – Bruce Schneier, The Guardian, June 16, 2026

People around the world see a winner on AI — and it’s not the US – Politico, June 15, 2026

A Hypersonic Missile on a Beer Budget – Kate B. Odell, WSJ, June 12, 2026

The Invisible Hand Won’t Rebuild U.S. Shipyards – May Bridges, Foreign Policy, June 9, 2026

The Feeling of Control Slipping Away: AI is causing a crisis of agency. – Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, May 30, 2026

The Last Word

“The US and EU need to be strong partners in AI... We use each other's trusted technology, and our financial systems are interconnected. It is in our mutual interest that our citizens and companies can safely use the best AI models.”

— Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

About: Tech Diplomacy Now

Technology is the crossroads and main battlefield of the four-dimensional diplomatic, economic, cultural and military contest between freedom and authoritarianism. Technology is either grounded in trusted democratic principles—respect for the rule of law, human rights, property, transparency, sovereignty and the environment—in order to advance freedom, or it is weaponized by authoritarian regimes and malign actors in order to control and oppress.

We believe technology must advance freedom.

The nonpartisan Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the preeminent global authority on Tech Statecraft, a new model of diplomacy that integrates high-tech strategies with foreign policy and national security tools to ensure trusted technology is used to advance freedom.​ We focus on rallying our allies, leveraging the innovation of the private sector, and amplifying democratic values based on trust, leveraged by Purdue University’s strength in innovation, deep expertise in technology, and global prowess in educating transformational leaders.

We hope you find Tech Diplomacy Now a valuable resource on the emerging critical issue of technological diplomacy and its impact on our way of life.

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Tech Diplomacy in Action

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue has recently signed five new Memorandums of Understanding, cementing strategic partnerships with the University Institute of Central Mexico, University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas, Institute for the Promotion of Quality, and the Governments of El Salvador and Honduras. These partnerships mark a major stepping-stone toward advancing trusted technology throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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Michelle Giuda on Bloomberg Technology: What the Trump-Xi Beijing Summit Means for Tech and Trust

In a live halftime report on the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, Krach Institute CEO Michelle Giuda offered real-time analysis on what the meeting signals for U.S.-China tech competition, trusted technology, and the global stakes for America’s economic leadership.

Watch here.

Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Partners with Keyfactor to Protect Global Networks from Future Quantum Threats

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue announced a strategic partnership with Keyfactor, a leader in digital trust for modern enterprises, to help the United States and its allies stay ahead of emerging cyber threats and ensure that the technologies shaping our future are secure, trusted, and aligned with democratic values. Partnership will accelerate the move to quantum-resilient security and ensure critical technologies remain trusted and aligned with democratic values

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Top News of the Week – Huawei claims to have made a breakthrough in chips, but the industry questions whether this is just PR

In a public announcement in English at an International conference, Huawei claimed that it had made a technological breakthrough which would allow it to fabricate chips on par with American semiconductor maker Intel by 2031. Huawei’s announcement attracted attention, but whether the public relations hype will materialize won’t be apparent for years.

Key Points:

• Huawei Technologies said it has developed a workaround that will allow it to make chips on par with leading products manufactured by Intel and other top global companies by 2031.

• Huawei’s proposes a new “Tau Scaling Law” to replace “Moore’s Law,” as a way for the company to catch up with Intel, Samsung, and TSMC.

• Huawei also claims that their new technique of “Logic Folding” will also allow them to catch up, though it appears that this is just another name for #D stacking that multiple other semiconductor companies are already using.

• Those who want to see U.S. export controls removed on advanced chips are using this announcement by Huawei to claim that export controls have failed and should be removed.

More on Background:

• The Truth Behind Huawei’s 1.4nm LogicFolding Claim – SemiWiki, May 30, 2026

• Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest in R&D and build their own tech stack competing with American tech – Tom’s Hardware, May 29, 2026

• Huawei bets on speed over shrinking transistors to sidestep US chip sanctions – Reuters, May 28, 2026

• Inside Huawei’s chip comeback: The woman taking on US sanctions – Nikkei Asia, May 26, 2026

• Huawei Says It Has Workaround to Match Leading Chips: Chinese tech juggernaut says it can match cutting-edge Intel semiconductors by 2031 – WSJ, May 25, 2026

• Huawei says new Kirin chip for phones overcomes US clampdown – Nikkei Asia, May 25, 2026

• Huawei claims sanctions-busting breakthrough with 1.4nm-class chips by 2031, claims 55% higher transistor density — firm claims new LogicFolding chip architecture can bypass EUV restrictions, introduces ‘Tau Scaling Law’ to replace Moore’s Law – Tom’s Hardware, May 25, 2026

Latest News

Remarks by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore – U.S. Department of War, May 30, 2026

Europe Is Edging Closer to a Trade War with China. Here’s Why. – NYTs, May 29, 2026

Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier – Politico, May 26, 2026

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows – Wired, May 26, 2026

Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person

in The Time of Artificial Intelligence – The Holy See, May 15, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

Europe Wants to Be Less Reliant on American Tech. Here’s Its Plan. – NYTimes, June 3, 2026

US takes steps to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China – Reuters, May 31, 2026

Made-in-China EVs Enter Canada Under Deal Carney Struck with Xi – Bloomberg, May 28, 2026

China Expands Travel Curbs to Top AI Talent at Private Firms – Bloomberg, May 26, 2026

New Chinese surveillance leaves foreigners nowhere to hide – DW, May 24, 2026

European defense autonomy is technologically feasible, fiscally viable, and politically achievable – Kiel Institut, May 7, 2026

Korea Corner

How the US–South Korea Alliance Can Counter an Authoritarian Tech Order – National Interest, June 1, 2026

South Korea develops homegrown laser weapon technology to defend against drones – Korea JoongAng Daily, June 1, 2026

South Korea export growth hits four-decade high on AI chip boom – Reuters, May 31, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic to expand Mythos access to more than 15 countries – Financial Times, June 2, 2026

Promoting Advance Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security – The White House, June 2, 2026

China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk – NYTs, June 1, 2026

Nvidia Introduces First PCs Designed for AI Agents – WSJ, June 1, 2026

China’s MiniMax Launches New Model as Open-Source AI Coding Battle Heats Up – The Information, May 30, 2026

SoftBank pledges €75bn to build Europe’s biggest AI facility in France – FT, May 30, 2026

A.I. Doesn’t Have to Mean Layoffs – NYTs, May 29, 2026

Nvidia spending up to $150bn a year on Taiwan AI suppliers: Jensen Huang – Nikkei Asia, May 27, 2026

White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I. – NYTs, May 22, 2026

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Nvidia’s AI Chips Sought by Chinese Labs With Ties to Military – Bloomberg, June 1, 2026

Qualcomm Strikes AI Chip Deal with TikTok Owner ByteDance – Bloomberg, May 26, 2026

American Airlines picks SpaceX’s Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi on more than 500 planes – CNBC, May 26, 2026

“Pushed into the Shadows”: Evidencing digital surveillance chilling effects and erosion of the rights to freedom of assembly and of association – UN Human Rights Council, May 2026

Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda – NYTs, May 21, 2026

Critical Minerals

China tungsten exports to Japan halve amid tightened controls – Nikkei Asia, May 29, 2026

Securing Critical Minerals at Scale: Multilateral Solutions for Energy, Defense, and Semiconductor Supply Chains – ORF, May 28, 2026

The Sixty-Ton Problem: Scandium Supply Chain Risk the US Defense Industrial Base – Modern War Institute, May 28, 2026

U.S. Scores Major Rare Earth Win with Greenland Deposit Deal – Oil Price, May 27, 2026

China squeezes Japan over rare earths in repeat of 2010 showdown – Reuters, May 22, 2026

Synthetic Biology

Growing US reliance on Chinese biotechs prompts national security fears – FT, May 31, 2026

Some investors are turning to biotech as a hedge against potential AI bubbles – PitchBook, May 29, 2026

China’s Innovent Biologics signs drug deal with Pfizer worth up to $10.5bn – Nikkei Asia, May 29, 2026

Quantum

IBM to invest $10 billion for large-scale quantum computer by 2029 – Reuters, May 28, 2026

King’s College team wins access to cutting-edge Google quantum chip – BBC, May 27, 2026

The Entanglement Edge: U.S. Strategic Priorities in Quantum Networking – CNAS, May 26, 2026

As IBM Shows Quantum Computing Prowess, What’s Taiwan’s Edge? – Commonwealth Magazine, May 21, 2026

Robotics

Uncrewed US craft transits the Taiwan Strait – Taipei Times, May 29, 2026

Robotaxis Are Spreading Across the U.S.—and So Is the Backlash – WSJ, May 29, 2026

BYD Unveils Chip for Autonomous-Driving Technology – WSJ, May 29, 2026

Waymo to Deploy Robotaxi Built with Zeekr to Expand Public Rides – Bloomberg, May 28, 2026

U.S. Special Forces sink a ship with Ukrainian-designed drone boats – Defence Blog, May 2, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

China launches rival rocket to SpaceX Falcon 9 for the first time – Scientific American, June 1, 2026

U.S. Space Force Accelerates Fielding Space Based Airborne Target Indicator Program – U.S. Space Force, May 29, 2026

How China supercharged Putin’s drone factories – The Telegraph, May 29, 2026

EU Satellite Proposal Makes Limited Room for Musk’s Starlink – Bloomberg, May 27, 2026

Eyes in the sky: Hong Kong police tackle petty crime with drone patrols, but privacy concerns linger – Hong Kong Free Press, May 25, 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Intel targets new AI data centre chip by year end – FT, May 31, 2026

In China, AMD CEO Lisa Su is understated while Nvidia’s Huang is more razzmatazz – Reuters, May 29, 2026

Nvidia’s Future in China Remains Unclear After Trump-Xi Summit – NYTs, May 15, 2026

Japan to broaden subsidies for domestic legacy chip production – Nikkei Asia, May 14, 2026

Energy and Climate

The Emerging US-China Energy Rivalry: Fossil Power vs Renewable Energy – RSIS, May 28, 2026

Base Power in Talks to Raise Funds at $12 Billion Valuation – The Information, May 28, 2026

Can China turn hydrogen into its next clean-energy industry? – Carbon Brief, May 27, 2026

Meet the anti-Gretas: the women celebrating nuclear energy – The Spectator, May 27, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

Europe Wants to Be Less Reliant on American Tech. Here’s Its Plan.

AI With Chinese Characteristics – Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, May 29, 2026

China’s AI Heist: How to Counter Beijing’s Unauthorized “Distillation” – Jared Dunnmon, Avanika Narayan, and Jon Saad-Falcon, Foreign Affairs, May 29, 2026

Pope Leo’s AI Manifesto: His defense of human agency is welcome but not his faith in the state. – WSJ, May 27, 2026

Hormuz Is a Warning for the Indo-Pacific: The Coming Contest for Asia’s Waterways – Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, May 22, 2026

America’s Technology Siege Is Working as Intended – Ryan Fedasiuk, Center for China Analysis, May 15, 2026

The Future of American Strategy: Weaponizing Interdependence – Brad Setser, Council on Foreign Relations, May 2026

Taiwan Is the Key to AI Dominance – Alexander Benard and David Feith, WSJ, May 13, 2026

The Last Word

“In the short term, China may narrow the gap with global leaders, but a technology gap with the most advanced nodes will still remain.”

— Brady Wang, Associate Director at Counterpoint Research

About: Tech Diplomacy Now

Technology is the crossroads and main battlefield of the four-dimensional diplomatic, economic, cultural and military contest between freedom and authoritarianism. Technology is either grounded in trusted democratic principles—respect for the rule of law, human rights, property, transparency, sovereignty and the environment—in order to advance freedom, or it is weaponized by authoritarian regimes and malign actors in order to control and oppress.

We believe technology must advance freedom.

The nonpartisan Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the preeminent global authority on Tech Statecraft, a new model of diplomacy that integrates high-tech strategies with foreign policy and national security tools to ensure trusted technology is used to advance freedom.​ We focus on rallying our allies, leveraging the innovation of the private sector, and amplifying democratic values based on trust, leveraged by Purdue University’s strength in innovation, deep expertise in technology, and global prowess in educating transformational leaders.

We hope you find Tech Diplomacy Now a valuable resource on the emerging critical issue of technological diplomacy and its impact on our way of life.

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Top News of the Week

Latest News

Technology Strategy and Policy

Korea Corner

Artificial Intelligence

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Critical Minerals

Synthetic Biology

Quantum

Robotics

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Energy and Climate

Opinion and Commentary

The Last Word

The Embassy of Italy in the US and Krach Institute Convene U.S.-Italy Dialogue to Accelerate Trusted Technology and Advance Freedom

U.S. and Italy convene leaders to align on trusted tech, strengthening security, innovation, and democratic values through coordinated action.

Read more.

Decoding Trusted Tech Dialogue: Keith Krach on the U.S.–Italy-Europe innovation nexus

Keith Krach outlines how trusted technology, alliances, and supply chains shape global power in U.S.–China competition.

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An ‘entirely new model’ is needed for U.S. government’s AI oversight, says Michelle Giuda

Michelle Giuda, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy CEO and former Trump Assistant Secretary of State for global public affairs, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the U.S. government’s role in AI regulation as new models are introduced, risk of politicization, whether government officials have the knowledge for AI oversight, and more.

Watch here.

Top News of the Week – Anthropic’s latest model, Mythos, may drive the need for AI Regulation

Anthropic’s latest model has capabilities at finding cyber vulnerabilities that were once thought to be the exclusive purview of the most advanced nation-state actors.

Key points:

• In early April, Anthropic approached the U.S. Government to warn them that their latest model was extremely skilled at finding, and potentially exploiting, cyber vulnerabilities.

• Despite a year of downplaying the need for overarching regulation on Artificial Intelligence, the White House has directed Anthropic to refrain from releasing their latest AI model which has capabilities for finding and exploiting cyber vulnerabilities.

• The Treasury Secretary has directed that U.S. banks strengthen their cyber-defenses based on the U.S. Government’s preview of Mythos.

More on Background:

• How Mythos could upend the economics of hacking – Politico, April 30, 2026

• How Anthropic’s Mythos threw the White House AI strategy into chaos – WSJ, May 6, 2026

• White House Opposes Anthropic’s Plan to Expand Access to Mythos Model – WSJ, April 30, 2026

• Anthropic Opens Claude Security Beta as Mythos Access Fight Deepens – Implicator.ai, April 30, 2026

• White House AI Memo Hits Issues in Anthropic-Pentagon Feud – Bloomberg, April 30, 2026

• Meet Mythos: the new AI system causing panic over cybersecurity – The Spectator, April 2026

• NSA Testing Anthropic’s Mythos to Find Flaws in Microsoft Tech – Bloomberg, April 30, 2026

• Claude Mythos and the AI Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call – Bain & Company, April 21, 2026

• Assessing Claude Mythos Preview’s cybersecurity capabilities – Anthropic, April 7, 2026

Latest News

Mexican Governor Accused by U.S. of Aiding Drug Cartel Steps Down – NYTs, May 2, 2026

United Arab Emirates Says It Will Leave OPEC in Blow to Oil Cartel – NYTs, April 28, 2026

The Iran War Is Starting to Expose Cracks in China’s Economy – NYTs, April 27, 2026

Kim Jong Un vows to continue support for Russia as North Korea opens memorial museum for troops killed in Ukraine war – NBC News, April 27, 2026

US State Dept orders global warning about alleged AI thefts by DeepSeek, other Chinese firms – Reuters, April 24, 2026

Trump Says He’s ‘A Little Surprised’ Chinese Ships Trying to Break US Blockade – WSJ, April 21, 2026

China’s Cyberspying Targets Western Defense Industry, Dutch Intel Chief Says – WSJ, April 21, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

Maine Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Paused New Data Centers – NYTs, April 24, 2026

China to Curb US Investment in Tech Companies After Meta Deal – Bloomberg, April 24, 2026

White House pushed out new AI official after just four days on the job – WaPo, April 24, 2026

Trump threatens Starmer with ‘big tariff’ over tech tax – The Telegraph, April 24, 2026

Singapore emerging as neutral ground as AI firms navigate Sino-US rivalry – Reuters, April 23, 2026

How Europe regulated itself into American vassalage: The road to economic serfdom – The Economist, April 22, 2026

Korea Corner

Navigating US-South Korean Digital Trade Relations – Kayla T. Orta, National Interest, April 29, 2026

What South Korea can learn from China’s robotics surge – ANN, May 4, 2026

SDT Launches Korea’s First Commercial Quantum-AI Hybrid Data Center via NVIDIA NVQLink – Quantum Computing Report, March 17, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

China Orders the Unwinding of Meta’s Acquisition of an A.I. Start-Up – NYTs, April 27, 2026

Meta Is Preparing to Have to Undo Its Manus Acquisition After China Ban – WSJ, April 27, 2026

DeepSeek V4: Has the “post-DeepSeek era” arrived? – Irene Zhang, Aqib Zakaria, and Jordan Schneider, China Talk, April 27, 2026

DeepSeek’s Long-Awaited New Model Fails to Narrow US Lead in AI – Bloomberg, April 24, 2026

The pope moves to police AI – Axios, April 24, 2026

Cohere and Aleph Alpha agree $20bn transatlantic AI tie-up – FT, April 24, 2026

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Linux exploit instantly grants administrator access on most distributions since 2017 — cryptography optimization snafu grants root privileges to local users – Tom’s Hardware, May 1, 2026

Pro-Russian Hacker Group Gamifies Cyberattacks on Europe with Crypto Rewards – Moscow Times, April 29, 2026

Toronto SMS Blaster Case Fits Global Pattern of Chinese Cybercrime Operations Linked to State-Level Technology and Remote Command – The Bureau, April 27, 2026

Private-Sector Sleuthing Becomes Big Business for US Tech Startup – Bloomberg, April 25, 2026

Critical Minerals

The New Resource Curse: How Critical Minerals Will Scramble Geopolitics – Foreign Affairs, April 30, 2026

China Introduces Four-Tier Penalty System for Rare Earth Control – Chosun, April 29, 2026

Export restrictions on critical materials up fivefold since 2009, says OECD – FT, April 28, 2026

Japan chemical maker to quintuple China output for key battery material – Nikkei Asia, April 28, 2026

‘Our time is now’: Vietnam tungsten firm rides high on Chinese export curbs – Nikkei Asia, April 27, 2026

The Pentagon Needed Rare Earths—and Found a Supplier in Malaysia – WSJ, April 26, 2026

Chinese tungsten export restrictions throw hobby world off the mark – Nikkei Asia, April 25, 2026

Ambassador Jamieson Greer Announces United States-European Union Action Plan for Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resilience – Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, April 24, 2026

Synthetic Biology

A Biopharmaceutical Superpower: China’s Rise, Its Limits, And What Comes Next – CIRSD, April 2026

Why investors are chasing US biotechs with Chinese characteristics – FT, April 28, 2026

China Races to Build Record Biobank to Rival US Drugs Research – Bloomberg, April 27, 2026

Quantum

The Quantum Industrial Base – China Talk, April 29, 2026

New quantum technology office launched in Taipei – Taipei Times, April 28, 2026

Robotics

Chinese carmakers take on Tesla in race for robotaxi supremacy – Nikkei Asia, April 26, 2026

Huawei doubles down on autonomous driving, earmarking US$11.7b for autopilot training – SCMP, April 24, 2026

Android creator Andy Rubin’s humanoid robotics company gets $1b valuation – Axios, April 21, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Unleashing American Drone Dominance – FDD, May 1, 2026

Taiwan’s drone exports in Q1 exceed last year’s total – Taipei Times, April 27, 2026

City of Beijing to bar consumer drone sales, tightening security in capital – Nikkei Asia, April 27, 2026

Inside China’s plans to fight in space – FT, April 27, 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Samsung warns memory shortage to deepen next year as 2027 orders come in – Nikkei Asia, April 30, 2026

US orders multiple chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China’s No. 2 chipmaker Hua Hong – Reuters, April 28, 2026

Inside Job – The Wire China, April 26, 2026

Microsoft Tightens Grip on GPUs, Pressuring AI Customers – The Information, April 25, 2026

The Race to Make the World’s Most In-Demand Machine: ASML is the only supplier of the machines needed to make cutting edge AI chips at scale – WSJ, April 25, 2026

Intel Shares Eclipse Dot-Com Peak After Blockbuster Forecast – Bloomberg, April 23, 2026

Energy and Climate

Chinese Battery Giant CATL Aims to Raise $5 Billion via Share Placement – WSJ, April 28, 2026

BYD’s Quarterly Profit Slumps 55% as Revenue Falls – WSJ, April 28, 2026

EU faces ‘China shock’ as EV imports drive Beijing’s record surplus with bloc – The Guardian, April 27, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

How to beat Iran’s internet kill switch – Len Khodorkovsky, Iran International, May 6, 2026

A.I. Is a National Security Risk. We Aren’t Doing Nearly Enough. – Dean Ball and Ben Buchanan, NYTs, May 4, 2026

China’s AI ‘Hotel California’: Beijing kills Meta’s purchase of Manus in fear of talent flight. – WSJ, April 28, 2026

Meta’s Chinese stumble suggests declining tolerance for shades of grey – FT, April 28, 2026

Meta pokes holes in China’s Great AI Firewall – Karen Kwok, Reuters, April 27, 2026

It’s Way Too Early to Declare Defeat in Iran – Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, April 27, 2026

World Bank, Where’s Your Industrial Policy Mea Culpa? – Robert Atkinson, In The Arena, April 23, 2026

The New Trade Order: Restoring Balance to a Broken Global Economy – Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, April 21, 2026

The Last Word

“We’re studying possibly an executive order to give a clear road map to everybody about how this is going to go...Mythos is the first, but it’s incumbent on us to build a system so U.S. AI can be the leader in AI and be safe at the same time.”

— Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of War

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Technology is the crossroads and main battlefield of the four-dimensional diplomatic, economic, cultural and military contest between freedom and authoritarianism. Technology is either grounded in trusted democratic principles—respect for the rule of law, human rights, property, transparency, sovereignty and the environment—in order to advance freedom, or it is weaponized by authoritarian regimes and malign actors in order to control and oppress.

We believe technology must advance freedom.

The nonpartisan Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the preeminent global authority on Tech Statecraft, a new model of diplomacy that integrates high-tech strategies with foreign policy and national security tools to ensure trusted technology is used to advance freedom.​ We focus on rallying our allies, leveraging the innovation of the private sector, and amplifying democratic values based on trust, leveraged by Purdue University’s strength in innovation, deep expertise in technology, and global prowess in educating transformational leaders.

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Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Convenes Inaugural Trusted Tech Showcase with Panama

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, in partnership with Panama’s National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT), convened senior policymakers and business executives on April 22, 2026, for its inaugural Trusted Tech Showcase: Panama Day – a focused effort designed to accelerate trusted technology partnerships grounded in democratic values and unlock real-world infrastructure opportunities.

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Freedom vs. Control: Trusted Technology Is the West’s Best Weapon — Op-ed and White Paper

Roberto Baldoni, Janice deGarmo, and Len Khodorkovsky illuminate how trusted tech helps democracies counter control by aligning standards, supply chains and alliances to scale freedom.

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New Republic of Korea Trusted Tech & Trade Fellow

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University is pleased to welcome Kayla Orta as our new Republic of Korea (ROK) Trusted Tech & Trade Fellow.

The fellowship builds on Purdue University’s growing partnership with the ROK, including collaboration on global industrial technology cooperation programs.

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Top News of the Week – The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Makes a Big Push to Strengthen Export Controls

The U.S. House committee that oversees export controls is considering the largest package export control bills in over a decade, mostly looking to restrict advanced semiconductors and artificial intelligence technology to China. This represents a broad rejection of lobbying done by Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company.

Key points:

• House Republicans have brought forward 14 bills including increasing the penalties for violations and extending the statute of limitations to bring additional cases against companies selling advanced technology to China and other adversaries.

• The Stop Stealing Our Chips Act would introduce a whistleblower incentive program that would reward individuals who report on violations of export controls similar to the SEC’s whistleblower program for insider trading.

• A number of the bills would expand resources for the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security as well as enable the State Department, the Defense Department and the Energy Department to directly propose export control concepts to get around roadblocks in the Commerce Department.

More on Background:

• The National Security Case for Limiting China’s Access to Advanced U.S. Compute: Evidence from PLA Procurement Documents – Emerging Technology Observatory, April 20, 2026

• Strengthening Export Controls: A Critical National Security Priority for Congress – AEI, April 16, 2026

• House Panel to Hold ‘Comprehensive’ Markup of Export Control Bills – Export Compliance Daily, April 15, 2026

• Trump’s AI Chip Export Push Stymied by Bureaucratic Bottleneck – Bloomberg, April 10, 2026

• Senators Kim and Ricketts Introduce MATCH Act to Level the Global Playing Field for U.S. Tech – Senator Andy Kim, April 2, 2026

• Shreve Introduces Legislation to Protect Critical U.S. Technologies From China – Representative Jefferson Shreve, January 9, 2026

• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks chip restrictions with Trump, blasts state-by-state AI regulations – CNBC, December 3, 2026

• STRIDE Act – Representative Bill Hulzenga, November 17, 2025

Latest News

Pentagon Approaches Automakers, Manufacturers to Boost Weapons Production – WSJ, April 15, 2026

U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War – NYTs, April 11, 2026

The Era of Free Seas Is Unraveling—and Now Everyone’s Going to Pay – WSJ, April 10, 2026

DOD officially launches new Economic Defense Unit to mesh military aims with global financial sway – DefenseScoop, April 10, 2026

Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million – TechCrunch, April 7, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

Philippines, US to build industrial hub to strengthen supply chain security – Reuters, April 16, 2026

China Shock 2.0 Shakes Global Advanced Manufacturing – Chosun, April 16, 2026

Federal agencies skirt Trump’s Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model – Politico, April 14, 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Unite to Combat Model Copying in China – Bloomberg, April 6, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Philippines, US to build industrial hub to strengthen supply chain security – Reuters, April 16, 2026

China Shock 2.0 Shakes Global Advanced Manufacturing – Chosun, April 16, 2026

Federal agencies skirt Trump’s Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model – Politico, April 14, 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Unite to Combat Model Copying in China – Bloomberg, April 6, 2026

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos – CyberScoop, April 13, 2026

New Internet of Things Plan Targets Global Infrastructure – Jamestown Foundation, April 10, 2026

Inside the Race to Protect Submarine Cables from Sabotage – WSJ, April 9, 2026

Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure – Wired, April 7, 2026

Critical Minerals

Critical Metals stock surges after taking full control of Greenland rare earth project – Mining.com, April 17, 2026

Rare Earths Americas announces IPO – Mining.com, April 14, 2026

EU Launches Operations Critical Minerals Procurement Platform – Reuters, April 13, 2026

Australia and US boost support critical minerals with $3.5 billion – Reuters, April 12, 2026

Sumitomo Electric to boost tungsten output 50%, reducing China dependence – Nikkei Asia, April 10, 2026

Synthetic Biology

China Is Now a Global Drug Innovation Powerhouse. Industrial Policy Had Little to Do with It. – SCCEI, April 15, 2026

How Big Pharma’s China Trials Are Escaping Scrutiny – The Wire China, April 12, 2026

Big Pharma Is Turning to China for the Newest Drug Ideas – WSJ, April 10, 2026

Quantum

We might finally know how to use quantum computers to boost AI – New Scientist, April 20, 2026

Researchers Use Quantum Computer to Improve AI Predictions – CNET, April 20, 2026

Quantum stocks on pace for a massive week after Nvidia debuts AI models to boost the tech – CNBC, April 16, 2026

Quantum is Leaving the Lab — The UK Must Decide Whether it Will Capture The Value, or Watch the Technology Flourish Elsewhere. – Quantum Insider, April 15, 2026

Robotics

Policy Support for Robotics Firms Shows Defense Integration – Jamestown Foundation, April 15, 2026

Meet the humans training robots at the ‘arm farm’ – The Spectator, April 15, 2026

No flag, no crew, no rights – what Indonesia can legally do about the Lombok drone – The Interpreter, April 10, 2026

Buy a Chinese Cleaning Robot, Have Your Home Watched by Beijing – Bitter Winter, April 6, 2026

Researchers prepare robots for an aging society – Stanford Report, April 1, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

A Match Made Under Heaven: The Emerging Role of China’s Private Sector in Space – CSIS, April 16, 2026

Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases – FT, April 15, 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

South Korea Overtook China as ASML’s Largest Market Last Quarter – Bloomberg, April 15, 2026

Chinese chipmaker YMTC plans new factories amid heightened US-Sino trade tensions, sources say – Reuters, April 14, 2026

China AI Firm Discloses $92 Million of Banned Nvidia Chip Servers to Beijing – Bloomberg, April 10, 2026

Super Micro begins independent probe after criminal case against co‑founder, others – Reuters, April 7, 2026

Energy and Climate

China weighs curbs on exports of solar manufacturing equipment to US – Reuters, April 15, 2026

China’s Electrostate Is Poised to Win from War in the Middle East – NYTs, April 13, 2026

Saudi Oil Sales to China to Halve as Hormuz Crisis Lifts Prices – Bloomberg, April 13, 2026

China’s Connected Vehicles Widen the U.S.-Canada Disconnect – The Wire China, April 12, 2026

China’s Chery looking to expand car production in Europe, top executives say – Reuters, April 12, 2026

The British Solar Startup Being Courted by Both China and the U.S. – WSJ, April 10, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

We Can’t Stop China from Building Powerful A.I. Here’s What We Can Do. – Sebastian Mallaby, NYTs, April 13, 2026

AI Is Bound to Subvert Communism – Cameron Berg, WSJ, April 13, 2026

This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade – Jeff Coller, NYTs, April 9, 2026

Start Where You Stand – First Breakfast, April 9, 2026

Europe’s Competitiveness Crisis Requires More Than Technocratic Tinkering – Robert Atkinson, In the Arena, April 2, 2026

The Last Word

“The defining contest of the 21st century is not simply between nations and borders. It is between systems: those that use technology to expand freedom and those that weaponize it to entrench control. Trusted technology is the free world’s strategic advantage. It’s the key to winning the future.”

—Roberto Baldoni, Janice deGarmo, Len Khodorkovsky in Newsweek

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Krach Institute and INDOTEL Partner to Strengthen the Diplomatic Alliance for Trusted Technology Across the Western Hemisphere

Krach Institute and INDOTEL partner to expand Tech Diplomacy training in the Dominican Republic, strengthening secure digital infrastructure, AI, and 5G expertise while advancing trusted technology and democratic values across the Americas.

Partnership brings Tech Diplomacy Academy courses to INDOTEL regulators to advance expertise in secure digital and AI infrastructure grounded in democratic values.

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Krach Institute’s Michelle Giuda Joined Bloomberg to Discuss AI Innovation and Distribution Strategy

"It’s a really good thing Silicon Valley and Washington are finally connected, but leading in AI can’t be a two-city story. It’s every American in between and every ally we need to win with." Krach Institute CEO Michelle Giuda joined Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow to discuss the impetus for a whole-of-free-world approach to AI leadership.

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Top News of the Week––The White House provides a legislative framework for AI

After a year in office, the Trump Administration has published a comprehensive framework for Congress to consider in developing national Artificial Intelligence legislation and regulations. The question now is: will Congress work together in a bipartisan manner to craft legislation that nearly all believe must be in place.

Key points:

• The framework lays out seven key policy areas: Protecting children and empowering parents, Safeguarding and strengthening American communities, Respecting intellectual property rights and supporting creators, Preventing censorship and protecting free speech, Enabling innovation and ensuring American AI dominance, Educating Americans and developing an AI-ready workforce, and Establishing a Federal Policy framework, preempting cumbersome state AI laws.

• This framework presents Congress with the opportunity to craft legislation within this framework, or if they disagree, to offer their own framework, or adjustments, which the President can either sign or veto.

• For many media outlets, the main point of fixation was the idea that the Administration’s main aim was “blocking state laws.”

More on Background:

• Trump Administration Issues Legislative Recommendations for a Federal Artificial Intelligence Framework – Mayer Brown, March 23, 2026

• White House releases AI policy blueprint for Congress – Politico, March 20, 2026

• Trump Administration Releases National Policy Framework on Artificial Intelligence: Recommendations Include Protections for Children, Communities, Content Creators and More – Sullivan and Cromwell, March 20, 2026

• Manufacturers: White House Framework Sets Trajectory for American AI Dominance – American Association of Manufacturers, March 20, 2026

• White House Unveils A.I. Policy Aimed at Blocking State Laws – New York Times, March 20, 2026

• National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence – The White House, March 20, 2026

Latest News

China oil majors resume seeking Russian oil after a 4-month halt, sources say – Reuters, March 17, 2026

China, Russia discuss boosting transport links as Middle East conflict disrupts shipping – SCMP, March 17, 2026

European Allies Talk with Iran to Seek Safe Passage Through Hormuz: Report – Newsweek, March 13, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

China could be the world’s biggest public funder of science within two years – Nature, March 19, 2026

Commission postpones European Innovation Act – Science Business, March 19, 2026

China is mobilizing thousands of one-person AI startups – Rest of the World, March 18, 2026

Commission pitches ‘game changing’ EU-wide company regime – Science Business, March 18, 2026

China Ramps Up Scrutiny of a Meta A.I. Deal – NYTs, March 17, 2026

US Commerce Department withdraws planned rule on AI chip exports – Reuters, March 13, 2026

What China’s latest economic plans say about its tech ambitions and rivalry with the US – Associated Press, March 8, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

China could be the world’s biggest public funder of science within two years – Nature, March 19, 2026

Commission postpones European Innovation Act – Science Business, March 19, 2026

China is mobilizing thousands of one-person AI startups – Rest of the World, March 18, 2026

Commission pitches ‘game changing’ EU-wide company regime – Science Business, March 18, 2026

China Ramps Up Scrutiny of a Meta A.I. Deal – NYTs, March 17, 2026

US Commerce Department withdraws planned rule on AI chip exports – Reuters, March 13, 2026

What China’s latest economic plans say about its tech ambitions and rivalry with the US – Associated Press, March 8, 2026

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

TikTok lawsuit casts doubt over US divestiture – FT, March 19, 2026

Hack on U.S. Medical Company Shows Reach of Iran’s Cyber Capabilities – WSJ, March 15, 2026

Operation Lightning takes down SocksEscort proxy network blamed for tens of millions in fraud – The Register, March 12, 2026

X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts – The Guardian, March 9, 2026

Critical Minerals

New Chemistry Breakthrough Could Challenge China’s Rare Earth Dominance – Oil Price, March 18, 2026

The Magnet Makers: A start-up in North Carolina wants to break China’s grip on rare earth magnets. – The Wire China, March 15, 2026

How the Pentagon is working to wriggle out of China’s rare-earths grip – Defense One, March 15, 2026

China Owns Canada’s Only Antimony Mine — Holding Canada’s Trump Card – The Bureau, March 13, 2026

Japan’s Proterial eyes making magnets without heavy rare earths in North America – Nikkei Asia, March 10, 2026

Synthetic Biology

With FDA go ahead, a China biotech notches a first in cell therapy testing – Biopharma Dive, March 13, 2026

How to Design Antibodies: A step-by-step guide to making de novo binders – Asimov Press, March 11, 2026

Quantum

Quantum statecraft: the US, China and Europe – IISS, March 19, 2026

How Quantum Computing Works: And How It Could Supercharge—and Disrupt—Billion-Dollar Industries – WSJ, March 17, 2026

UK To Invest £1 Billion into Quantum Computing Research, Trials – Bloomberg, March 17, 2026

The race to solve the biggest problem in quantum computing – New Scientist, March 13, 2026

Quantum’s Industrial Moment: Strengthening U.S. Quantum Supply Chains for Scalable Advantage – CNAS, March 12, 2026

Robotics

Gecko Robotics brings its AI to U.S. Navy ship repair in latest next-gen defense tech deal – CNBC, March 17, 2026

How China’s AI-Powered Robots Could Reshape the Global Order – The Diplomat, March 13, 2026

Dishwashing Home Robot Maker Sunday Hits $1.15 Billion Valuation – Bloomberg, March 12, 2026

Chinese Robotics Startups Push into Europe as Industry Seeks Scale – Caixin Global, March 10, 2026

China releases first national standard framework for humanoid robots and embodied AI – TechNode, February 28, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Ukraine Reaches a Milestone: Making ‘China-Free’ Drones – New York Times, March 11, 2026

Flying-Taxi Maker Archer Sues Joby, Accusing Rival of Playing Down Reliance on China – Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Iran war cut off helium from Qatar, and shortages will start to bite in a few weeks, threatening chip supply chains that fuel the AI boom – Fortune, March 21, 2026

Nvidia gets Beijing’s nod for H200 chip sales, adapts Groq chip for China, sources say – Reuters, March 17, 2026

Nvidia-Backed AI Startup to Spend Billions on Korea Data Center to Combat China – WSJ, March 17, 2026

Nvidia restarting production for H200 chips for sales in China – Axios, March 17, 2026

Memory Chip Crunch to Persist Until 2030, SK Chairman Says – Bloomberg, March 17, 2026

Energy and Climate

China’s EV battery makers widen lead to over 70% global share – Nikkei Asia, March 18, 2026

Is cheap energy the key to China gaining AI supremacy? – The Economist, March 18, 2026

China Has Five-Minute EV Charging. America Is Trying to Catch Up. – WSJ, March 17, 2026

How Canada’s embrace of Chinese EVs could scramble the American market – Politico, March 16, 2026

Iran War Hits Europe with an Energy Shock It Can’t Afford to Absorb – WSJ, March 15, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

Why the Iran War May Have Just Killed the AI Boom – Michael Kern, Oil Price, March 20, 2026

China cannot escape the energy shock: Despite renewables and reserves, it will suffer – The Economist, March 17, 2026

The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why – Muhanad Seloom, Al Jazeera, March 16, 2026

You Have No Idea How Far Behind Tesla Is – Will Lockett, Medium, March 15, 2026

Cyberwarfare Puts Civilian Businesses at Risk – Angus Loten and Kim S. Nash, WSJ, March 13, 2026

Huawei Is Betting on the Future with HarmonyOS – Samm Sacks, Lawfare, March 13, 2026

The Last Word

“We hear about AI and ChatGPT and the role that it’s playing at home and at work, but it also really matters to our national security. Our ability to shape the trajectory of that technology for the future of our country, and to do it hand in hand with our allies so that we’re making the free world safer and more secure, is critical to securing the future for the United States today.”

—Michelle Giuda, CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

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Keith Krach – Freedom at 250: A call to Renewal

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, Keith Krach calls for a national renewal—reaffirming that freedom, innovation, and trust are the foundations of U.S. strength and must be protected for the next 250 years.

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Top News of the Week–– A New, More Offensively-focused, Cyber Strategy.

Last week, just before the United States launched its attacks on Iran, the White House issued a new cyber strategy that shifted the focus away from purely defensive actions to efforts that impose costs on adversaries and criminals.

Key points:

• Federal government will rely more on private industry for cyber capabilities, including offensive cyber capabilities, as well as helping citizens and companies defend themselves from sophisticated national-state and criminal actors in cyberspace.

• The strategy centers on six pillars: shape adversary behavior, promote common sense regulation, modernize and secure Federal Government Networks, secure critical infrastructure, sustain superiority in critical and emerging technologies, and build talent and capacity.

• Rather than purely defensive, the strategy signals a greater reliance on offensive actions that impose real costs on the actors performing these attacks.

More on Background:

• White House launching tech pilots, ‘Cyber Academy’ under new cyber strategy – FNN, March 10, 2026

• Trump Administration Signals Greater Private Role in Offensive Cyber Operations – Wilmer Hale, March 9, 2026

• White House Publishes Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Strategy – WSJ, March 6, 2026

• White House Unveils President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America – The White House, March 6, 2026

• President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America – The White House, March 6, 2026

Iran’s Stryker Hack Shows Why Trump’s Cyber Strategy Matters

Krach Institute Advisory Council member Heather Nauert and Senior Advisor to the Chairman Len Khodorkovsky write about President Trump’s new Cyber Strategy in light of Iran’s hack of US healthcare company Stryker. Cybersecurity is national security.

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Latest News

Oil market chaos to deepen as more Gulf giants cut output – Fortune, March 8, 2026

Laden Iranian ships depart Chinese port tied to key military chemicals – WaPo, March 7, 2026

On Iran, China Cares About the Region More Than the Regime – Foreign Policy, March 5, 2026

Why China Won’t Help Iran: Beijing Cares About the Oil, Not the Regime – Foreign Affairs, March 5, 2026

China spying arrests raise awkward questions about Labour Party links – FT, March 4, 2026

Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream – Rest of the World, March 2, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

Senate approves Joshua Rudd as dual-hat leader of Cyber Command, NSA – Politico, March 10, 2026

Inside the Culture Clash That Tore Apart the Pentagon’s Anthropic Deal – Pirate Wars, March 6, 2026

Japan and Canada to establish economic security dialogue – Japan Times, March 6, 2026

Learning By Doing: Case Studies in Building the Infrastructure for Career Pathways – American Compass, March 5, 2026

Policy experts advise rethink of European Competitiveness Fund – Science Business, February 26, 2026

U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs – Science, February 25, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over ‘Supply Chain Risk’ Label – NYTs, March 9, 2026

Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions – Wired, March 9, 2026

UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’ – The Guardian, March 9, 2026

Iran War Imperils $300 Billion in Gulf AI Spending – The Information, March 8, 2026

‘It means missile defence on datacentres’: drone strikes raise doubts over Gulf as AI superpower – The Guardian, March 7, 2026

Trump administration drafts AI contract rules requiring companies to license systems for “all lawful use” – The Decoder, March 7, 2026

How AI Is Turbocharging the War in Iran – WSJ, March 7, 2026

Google joins Microsoft in telling users Anthropic is still available outside defense projects – CNBC, March 6, 2026

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” – Harvard Business Review, March 5, 2026

Pentagon Notifies Anthropic It’s Deemed Firm a Supply-Chain Risk – Bloomberg, March 5, 2026

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

TikTok Gets Green Light to Stay in Canada, Reversing Earlier Ban – Bloomberg, March 9, 2026

The FBI said it has addressed ‘suspicious activities’ on its networks – WSJ, March 6, 2026

Google says spyware makers and China-linked groups dominated zero-day attacks last year – The Register, March 5, 2026

Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry’s vulnerability to physical disasters – AP, March 3, 2026

Iran attack a ‘wake-up call’ for China on electronic warfare and intelligence – SCMP, March 2, 2026

EU launches new toolbox to strengthen ICT supply chain security – European Commission, February 13, 2026

Critical Minerals

Why China’s critical mineral dominance is still disrupting US supply chains – SCMP, March 9, 2026

Rare earth yttrium hits new high, up 140-fold in 1 year on China curbs – Nikkei Asia, March 6, 2026

How China’s Rare Earth Ban Backfired into a U.S. Tech Breakthrough – Oil Price, March 2, 2026

China OKs several Japan-bound rare earth exports under tightened controls – Kyodo News, February 6, 2026

Synthetic Biology

Why ‘quantum proteins’ could be the next big thing in biology – Scientific American, March 8, 2026

The €25B vs €219B Problem: Europe’s Plan to Fix Biotech – Where Tech Meets Bio, March 7, 2026

NSCEB Applauds ITC Investigation into Unfair Chinese Economic Practices to Distort the Biotechnology Market – NSCEB, February 27, 2026

Quantum

Japan’s Investment Targets Include AI, Quantum Computing – Bloomberg, March 10, 2026

Xanadu and AMD Accelerate Quantum Computing for Aerospace and Engineering – Quantum Insider, March 10, 2026

Quantum Computing Isn’t Just Coming for Bitcoin—It Threatens Messaging Apps Too – Emerge, March 10, 2026

The World Is Full of GPS Dead Zones. Here’s What Comes Next. – WSJ, March 6, 2026

Robotics

Nvidia and ABB launch partnership for AI-enabled autonomous robots – FT, March 9, 2026

OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract – Fortune, March 7, 2026

Fact check: Are China’s robot soldiers just AI fakes? – DW, February 22, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Lauded As “Indispensable” By U.S. Admiral In Charge of Iran War – TMZ, March 5, 2026

China’s Growing Armada Of Spy Satellites Is Pushing Space Force To Go On The Offensive – TMZ, February 26, 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Nexperia China says it has begun producing its own chips – Reuters, March 9, 2026

China warns of global chip shortages as Nexperia dispute escalates again – Reuters, March 7, 2026

Chasing the Chip Smugglers – The China Wire, March 1, 2026

Energy and Climate

Why Vladimir Putin is the biggest winner from the war in Iran – Politico, March 9, 2026

How America’s Oil and Gas Dominance Has Weakened Iran – Allysia Finley, WSJ, March 8, 2026

China’s Solar Industry Enters Painful Reset – Caixin Global, March 5, 2026

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Finally Has a Permit for a Nuclear Reactor, but No Reliable Way to Fuel It – Gizmodo, March 5, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

Why Vladimir Putin is the biggest winner from the war in Iran – Politico, March 9, 2026

How America’s Oil and Gas Dominance Has Weakened Iran – Allysia Finley, WSJ, March 8, 2026

China’s Solar Industry Enters Painful Reset – Caixin Global, March 5, 2026

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Finally Has a Permit for a Nuclear Reactor, but No Reliable Way to Fuel It – Gizmodo, March 5, 2026

The Last Word

“Today, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, digital platforms, and emerging technologies are reshaping the global landscape at extraordinary speed. It free, societies, there tools can expand opportunity and unlock human potential.”

— Keith J. Krach, Chairman of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

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The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue announced the establishment of Ukraine’s first-ever Trusted Tech Caucus in partnership with Members of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada), formally named the Platform for Tech Diplomacy of Ukraine. The announcement marks Ukraine’s entry into the Global Trusted Tech Network, a growing alliance of governments, companies, organizations, and leaders committed to ensuring that technology advances freedom, security, and prosperity. Ukraine’s participation strengthens shared efforts among the United States and allied democracies to secure supply chains, shape trusted technology standards, and counter authoritarian technological influence.

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Krach Institute CEO Giuda Joined Bloomberg TV to Discuss SCOTUS Tariffs Ruling

Krach Institute CEO Michelle Giuda joined Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow to discuss the Supreme Court’s tariffs ruling and the India AI Impact Summit 2026, where American trusted innovation took center stage.

Krach Institute and NESA Center Partner to Strengthen Allied Tech and Security Collaboration

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue and the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies within the U.S. Department of War announced a strategic partnership designed to help the U.S. and its allies turn shared technology and security priorities into real-world maritime solutions. By connecting policymakers, industry leaders, and allied governments, the partnership aims to translate high-level dialogue into actionable initiatives that ensure emerging technologies serve democratic values, protect freedom of navigation, and strengthen collective security in an increasingly complex regional environment.

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Top News of the Week - U.S.-India Tech Cooperation Accelerates

After six months of trade tension and demands by the U.S. that India reduce its purchases of Russian oil, the announcement of a trade agreement and India’s decision to reduce its purchases of Russian oil and gas, has re-opened technology cooperation between India and the United States.

Key points:

• India joined the State Department’s initiative called Pax Silica which seeks to build secure supply chains for semiconductors.

• Senior U.S. officials attended India’s AI Summit and announced their intensions to cooperate even more closely with India on AI and semiconductors.

• India, with its strengths in software development and information technology services, is poised to accelerate its economy and become a global leader in artificial intelligence.

More on Background:

• Remarks by Director Michael Kratsios at the India AI Impact Summit – The White House, February 20, 2026

• India’s AI revolution takes root – Nikkei Asia, February 20, 2026

• India joins US-led initiative to build secure technology supply chains – AP, February 19, 2026

• Sovereignty in the Age of AI: Strategic Choices, Structural Dependencies and the Long Game Ahead – Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, February 19, 2026

Latest News

Xi’s Purges of China’s Military Run Deep, New Study Shows – NYTs, February 24, 2026

Panama Canal Ports Seized in Blow to China – Newsweek, February 24, 2026

The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored – NYTs, February 24, 2026

Binance Fired Staff Who Flagged $1 Billion Moving to Sanctioned Iran Entities – WSJ, February 23, 2026

China’s Russian oil imports to hit new record in February as India cuts back – Reuters, February 15, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

Wassenaar Arrangement: will China join or kill this 30-year-old weapon control club? – SCMP, February 24, 2026

China Amps Up Pressure on Japan with Export Bans – NYTs, February 24, 2026

China Hits Japanese Firms with Export Bans – WSJ, February 24, 2026

China issues dual-use blacklist of 20 Japanese entities – Japan Times, February 24, 2026

How Chinese Espionage Eroded U.S. Power – Foreign Policy, February 19, 2026

Justice Department Files Action to Protect National Security by Enforcing President’s Order of Chinese Company’s Divestment from U.S. Company – U.S. Department of Justice, February 10, 2026

Applied Materials to Pay $252 Million Penalty to BIS for Illegally Exporting Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment – U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, February 11, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Wassenaar Arrangement: will China join or kill this 30-year-old weapon control club? – SCMP, February 24, 2026

China Amps Up Pressure on Japan with Export Bans – NYTs, February 24, 2026

China Hits Japanese Firms with Export Bans – WSJ, February 24, 2026

China issues dual-use blacklist of 20 Japanese entities – Japan Times, February 24, 2026

How Chinese Espionage Eroded U.S. Power – Foreign Policy, February 19, 2026

Justice Department Files Action to Protect National Security by Enforcing President’s Order of Chinese Company’s Divestment from U.S. Company – U.S. Department of Justice, February 10, 2026

Applied Materials to Pay $252 Million Penalty to BIS for Illegally Exporting Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment – U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, February 11, 2026

Robotics

China’s Humanoid Robot Boom: What to Know – Newsweek, February 24, 2026

Chinese Smartphone Maker Honor Plans Humanoid Service Robot – Bloomberg, February 22, 2026

Is China Leading the Robotics Revolution? – CSIS, February 12, 2026

China Is Going All-In to Beat the U.S. on Humanoid Robots – WSJ, February 7, 2026

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

The cyber security threat inside your car – FT, February 23, 2026

User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds – Tom’s Hardware, February 23, 2026

Shutdown at D.H.S. Extends to Cyber Agency, Adding to Setbacks – NYTs, February 22, 2026

Palo Alto chose not to tie China to hacking campaign for fear of retaliation from Beijing, sources say – Reuters, February 12, 2026

Chinese technology underpins Iran’s internet control, report finds – The Guardian, February 9, 2026

China’s Underwater Data Center Is Doing A Lot More Than Just Computing – Slash Gear, February 7, 2026

Critical Minerals

Congo’s cobalt curbs expose China’s critical metals weak spot – Reuters, February 24, 2026

US finalizes tariff hike on battery material graphite from China – Nikkei Asia, February 13, 2026

The three-way race for Brazil’s rare earths heats up – FT, February 9, 2026

The Defense Department Is Infatuated with This Drippy Silver Metal – WSJ, February 9, 2026

Synthetic Biology

Glowing Plants to Engineered Skin: The Consumerisation of Biotech Begins – NDTV, February 25, 2026

Pfizer Nabs China Obesity Drug Rights in $495 Million Deal – Bloomberg, February 23, 2026

Beijing backs brain implant push to rival Elon Musk’s Neuralink – FT, February 19, 2026

Using synthetic biology and AI to address global antimicrobial resistance threat – MIT News, February 11, 2026

Quantum

Novo Nordisk Foundation backs quantum computing and life sciences beyond Denmark – FT, February 25, 2026

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier – New Scientist, February 25, 2026

Understanding the Quantum Computing Hardware Landscape – Quantum Insider, February 24, 2026

Quantum computers go high-dimensional with a four-state photon gate – Phys.org, February 23, 2026

Finland’s IQM Set for Public Debut as Quantum Frenzy Continues – Bloomberg, February 23, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

China’s DJI sues to challenge US ban on drone imports – Nikkei Asia, February 25, 2026

Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China – Reuters, February 23, 2026

Russia, Iran accuse Elon Musk’s Starlink of violating international law – Business Standard, February 13, 2026

How Do You Steal an Airplane? One Piece at a Time – Bloomberg, February 13, 2026

China Must Solve a Puzzle to Take on Airbus and Boeing – Bloomberg, February 9, 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

China’s DJI sues to challenge US ban on drone imports – Nikkei Asia, February 25, 2026

Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China – Reuters, February 23, 2026

Russia, Iran accuse Elon Musk’s Starlink of violating international law – Business Standard, February 13, 2026

How Do You Steal an Airplane? One Piece at a Time – Bloomberg, February 13, 2026

China Must Solve a Puzzle to Take on Airbus and Boeing – Bloomberg, February 9, 2026

Energy and Climate

How Peak Energy is using table salt to break China’s battery stranglehold – Nikkei Asia, February 19, 2026

Energy Dominance with Chinese Characteristics: Why Beijing Holds the Power in the Century Ahead – Foreign Affairs, February 19, 2026

Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S. – WaPo, February 19, 2026

SoftBank to form consortium for $33bn ‘Trump deal’ power plant – Nikkei Asia, February 18, 2026

The National and Economic Security Implications of Fusion Energy – Hudson Institute, February 11, 2026

Chinese EV spying capabilities should concern Canada, experts say – Auto News, February 6, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

China May Grab a Lead in the Race for Military Fusion – David Feith and Jimmy Goodrich, WSJ, February 23, 2026

Is China really ready for AI to hit its workers? – Cindy Wu, Times of London, February 23, 2026

China unfazed as US rallies global critical minerals bloc – Jeff Pao, February 17, 2026

If we can’t name China’s cyberattacks, we lose trust in ourselves – Justin Basi, The Strategist, February 16, 2026

The Last Word

The U.S. wants to share the American AI stack, because this technology presents the opportunity to lead—as our nation’s Founders did 250 years ago—a revolution in human history, to the benefit of all mankind. These tools, used well, will unlock new knowledge of our world and new sources of prosperity, and challenge us to grow the strength of our humanity to match our growing capabilities.

— Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

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Keith Krach Leads US Business Delegation to Taiwan to Deepen Economic and Tech Ties

The U.S.-Taiwan Business Council delegation of senior business leaders, headed by Krach Institute and Council Chairman Keith Krach. The visit followed the new U.S.-Taiwan trade deal, which reduced tariffs on Taiwanese goods from 20% to 15% and driving expanded investments by Taiwanese semiconductor and technology companies in the U.S. It also coincided with the January 27 joint statement endorsing the Pax Silica Declaration—a U.S. initiative promoting trustworthy AI and supply chains. Delegates represented a broad cross-section of industries and companies, including Google, AWS, IBM, Qualcomm, Lockheed Martin, Citigroup, Uber, HP, Booz Allen Hamilton, TSMC, and others. The group met with Taiwan's Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (pictured above), Premier Cho Jung-tai, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung, and other senior officials.

Top News of the Week - Tech Diplomacy Academy is Now Free and Open to All

As emerging technologies reshape American and allied security, prosperity, and freedom, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue unlocked its flagship education platform to all learners worldwide.

Key points:

• Tech Diplomacy Academy is the world’s first online education platform dedicated to preparing leaders across government, industry, and civil society to understand how critical and emerging technologies shape national power, economic competitiveness, and freedom.

• By unlocking the Tech Diplomacy Academy, the Krach Institute is scaling the understanding required for the United States and its allies to compete, cooperate, and shape how technology is deployed rather than having it shape us.

• By removing the paywall, the Krach Institute is transforming the Tech Diplomacy Academy from a limited executive education program into a global public education platform, designed to operate at the scale and speed the moment demands.

• The Tech Diplomacy Academy already serves as a training platform for leaders across U.S. and allied government, industry, and civil society. Participants include professionals from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and NATO’s Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic.

• To date, more than 17,000 learners in over 30 countries have participated in the Academy, supported by global distribution partnerships with organizations such as LinkedIn Learning, the Project Management Institute, and the Sourcing Industry Group.

To learn more about the Tech Diplomacy Academy and to enroll, please visit TechDiplomacyAcademy.org.

Latest News

Trump launches $12 billion minerals stockpile to counter China – Reuters, February 2, 2026

Musk’s xAI, SpaceX combo is the biggest merger of all time, valued at $1.25 trillion – CNBC, February 3, 2026

Five Takeaways from the TikTok Deal – ITIF, January 26, 2026

India, EU reach landmark trade deal, tariffs to be slashed on most goods – Reuters, January 27, 2026

India and Europe, both stung by Trump, turn to each other in a ‘mother of all deals’ on trade – CNN, January 27, 2026

Carney rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, telling Trump he meant what he said at Davos – AP, January 27, 2026

America in decline? Data shows even its poorest states now outperform most G7 economies – Times of India, January 20, 2026

US Secures Historic Chip Deal Amid Tech War with China – Newsweek, January 16, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

Exclusive: OpenAI’s Brockman and a16Z funnel cash to pro-AI super PAC – Axios, Jan 30, 2026

The tech ‘courtier’ steering Trump on AI to Silicon Valley’s delight – Financial Times, January 27, 2026

David Feith on Trump 1.0 vs Trump 2.0 and China – The Wire China, January 25, 2026

Trump Administration Pushes Out Key Officials Focused on China Tech Threat – WSJ, January 23, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Robots only half as efficient as humans, says leading Chinese producer – FT, January 26, 2026

China Trains AI-Controlled Weapons with Learning from Hawks, Coyotes – WSJ, January 24, 2026

China’s fear of ‘selling young crops’ spurred review of Meta’s Manus deal – FT, January 23, 2026

Chinese AI leaders warn the US’ lead is widening – Semafor, January 11, 2026

China AI Leaders Warn of Widening Gap with US After $1B IPO Week – Bloomberg, January 10, 2026

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

China surpasses five-year plan targets in telecommunications development – Caliber, January 28, 2026

Blue Origin’s satellite internet network TeraWave will move data at 6 Tbps – TechCrunch, January 21, 2026

How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it) – France24, January 14, 2026

Access to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service is now free in Iran as regime continues brutal crackdown on protests – CNN, January 13, 2026

Critical Minerals

Trump launches $12 billion minerals stockpile to boost US manufacturing, counter China – Reuters, February 2, 2026

Japan-China tensions drive high-tech mineral prices to record highs – Nikkei Asia, January 27, 2026

Chinese exports of rare earth magnets to Japan fall in December – Reuters, January 19, 2026

Rare-Earth Magnet Maker Raises $215 Million to Amp Up U.S. Supply – WSJ, January 19, 2026

Venezuela’s Coltan and the Quiet Fragility of Tantalum and Niobium – The National Interest, January 13, 2026

Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens supplies – Reuters, January 12, 2026

Synthetic Biology

Scientists Use AI to Create First-ever Functional Synthetic Life, Because What Could Go Wrong? – ZME Science, January 28, 2026

China’s labs pull ahead as global drugmakers invest in biotech pioneers – FT, January 26, 2026

Welcome to post-Darwinism: AI fires silver bullet for creating new life – Times of London, January 24, 2026

China’s Other Olympics – The Wire China, December 21, 2025

Charting the Future of Biotechnology: An action plan for American security and prosperity – NSCEB, April 2025

Quantum

Most complex time crystal yet has been made inside a quantum computer – New Scientist, January 28, 2026

Quantum Computing For Missile Defense: 10X Faster – Forbes, January 27, 2026

Quantum-Computing Company IonQ to Buy Chip Maker SkyWater for $1.8 Billion – WSJ, January 26, 2026

An old problem could stop the U.S. from leading on quantum computers – WaPo, January 26, 2026

Largest-ever ‘superposition’ supersizes Schrödinger’s cat – Scientific American, January 25, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

How to View the Artemis II Moon Launch – NYTs, January 28, 2026

Artemis 2 astronauts enter quarantine to prep for NASA moon launch – USA Today, January 26, 2026

Maker of China’s C919 jet set to pick up production pace after delay – SCMP, January 26, 2026

In China’s Orbit: Beijing’s Space Diplomacy in the Global South – CSIS, January 15, 2026

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

China gives nod to ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent to buy Nvidia’s H200 chips – sources – Reuters, January 28, 2026

China Tells Alibaba, Tech Firms to Ready Nvidia H200 Orders – Bloomberg, January 23, 2026

Nvidia suppliers halt H200 output after China blocks chip shipments – FT, January 20, 2026

Taiwan’s Flagship Chip Maker Charts a Future Beyond Taiwan – WSJ, January 18, 2026

China blocks Nvidia H200 AI chips that US government cleared for export – report – The Guardian, January 17, 2026

Trump Administration Enacts Security Rules for Nvidia’s China Chip Sales – WSJ, January 13, 2026

Honda diversifies chip supply to lower China dependency – Nikkei Asia, January 11, 2026

Energy and Climate

China steers the Gulf’s driverless future as U.S. rivals stay home – Rest of the World, January 20, 2026

US battery makers shift supply chain from China to South Korea – Nikkei Asia, January 19, 2026

Tesla poised to be early winner as Canada opens door to Chinese-made EVs – Reuters, January 18, 2026

China and Russia dominate nuclear power push with 90% of new reactors – Nikkei Asia, January 18, 2026

Reliance pauses lithium-ion cell manufacturing plans amid China tech curbs, says report – ET Auto, January 12, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

The Trump Administration’s Cyber Strategy Fundamentally Misunderstands China’s Threat – Matthew Ferren CFR, January 26, 2026

How China pulled off a great tech reversal – Kyle Chan, FT, January 26, 2026

Zelensky and Trump Expose Europe’s Weakness: ‘Europe loves to discuss the future,’ the Ukrainian told the Davos crowd, ‘but avoids taking action today.’ – Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, January 23, 2026

Trade Armageddon has failed to materialize – Peter Foster, FT, January 19, 2026

California’s Tech Industry Kill Switch – Mike Solana, Pirate Wires, January 12, 2026

Notes from the UAE: AI, sovereign wealth, and strategic autonomy – Samuel Hammond, Second Best, December 18, 2025

The Last Word

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— Michelle Giuda, CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

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Top News of the Week – Will AI Bring About a New Era of Nuclear Power?

Facing growing backlash that AI Data Centers are driving up energy costs on homeowners, technology companies are making investments to expand nuclear power for electricity generation in the United States. This coincides with Administration and Congressional efforts to pursue an “all of the above” energy policy.

Key points:

• After fifty years of dwindling nuclear power plants, the energy affordability crunch from data centers may bring about a resurgence of nuclear power plants in the United States.

• The Department of Energy appears poised to approve Small Modular Reactors, as well as decommissioned nuclear reactors from Navy ships.

• As these new fission reactors come on line, the United States may be only a few years away from fusion reactors.

More on Background:

• TSMC’s Strong Outlook Fires Up Hopes of Sustained AI Boom - Debby Wu and Vlad Savov, Bloomberg, January 15, 2026

• Nuclear Fusion Energy’s Long Promised Future Starts to Look Commercially Real – Observer, January 12, 2026

• How to Make Fusion Great Again and Beat China – Andrew Follett, National Interest, January 10, 2026

• Meta Announces Nuclear Energy Projects, Unlocking Up to 6.6 GW to Power American Leadership in AI Innovation – Meta, January 9, 2026

• Meta Unveils Sweeping Nuclear-Power Plan to Fuel Its AI Ambitions – WSJ, January 9, 2026

• Meta signs 20-year deal with Ohio nuclear plants for upgrades to power AI operations – Cleveland.com, January 9, 2026

• The Fight Over Making Data Centers Power Down to Avoid Blackouts – WSJ, January 6, 2026

• The data center rebellion is here, and it’s reshaping the political landscape – WaPo, January 6, 2026

• AI data centers may soon be powered by retired Navy nuclear reactors from aircraft carriers and submarines — firm asks U.S. DOE for a loan guarantee to start the project – Tom’s Hardware, December 25, 2025

• Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country – Wired, December 13, 2025

• Hochul enrages environmentalists with shift to ‘all of the above’ energy policy – Politico, November 11, 2025

• More is More: An All-of-the-Above Strategy for America’s Energy Cost Crisis – Third Way, September 24, 2025

Latest News

For Years, Powell Avoided Fighting Trump. That’s Over. – Wall Street Journal, January 12, 2026

‘Freaked out’ about the bond market: White House reels from Powell probe – Politico, January 12, 2026

Russia’s Fearsome Arsenal Fizzled in Venezuela. Here’s Why. – NYTs, January 12, 2026

Civilian or military? China turns to merchant fleet to boost military power. – Japan Times, January 12, 2026

Trump weighs response to Iran crackdown, Tehran says communication open with US – Reuters, January 12, 2026

China blinks again following dual-use export threat earlier in the week – Japan Times, January 9, 2026

Meta Creates High-Powered Team to Oversee AI Infrastructure Buildout – WSJ, January 12, 2026

Technology Strategy and Policy

Qatar and UAE to join U.S.-led effort to bolster technology supply chain – Reuters, January 11, 2026

GOP effort to thwart chip sales to China gains steam – Axios, January 9, 2026

Why Are Cyberattacks on the Rise? What Can Be Done? – Bloomberg, January 8, 2026

China’s dual-use export ban on Japan a decisive escalation – Japan Times, January 7, 2026

Switzerland to vet Chinese investment, but some say law is too weak – Nikkei Asia, January 6, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Apple, Google strike Gemini deal for revamped Siri in major win for Alphabet – Reuters, January 12, 2026

China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say – Reuters, January 10, 2026

Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah – Politico, January 6, 2026

OpenAI Challengers Test Appetite for China AI With Twin IPOs – Bloomberg, January 6, 2026

Southern California’s unlikely AI mecca is this very industrial city – LA Times, December 30, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Starlink rival Eutelsat orders 340 OneWeb satellites from Airbus – Reuters, January 12, 2026

Trump says he will talk to Musk about restoring internet in Iran​ – Reuters, January 11, 2026

China hacked email systems of US congressional committee staff – FT, January 8, 2026

The New Arteries of Power: Subsea Cables Are This Century’s Hidden Battleground – Foreign Affairs, January 2, 2026

China is commercializing energy-efficient underwater data centers – MERICS, December 4, 2025

Critical Minerals

Japan deep-sea rare-earth project begins off remote southern island – Nikkei Asia, January 12, 2026

Rio Tinto, Glencore Restart Talks to Form World’s Biggest Miner – WSJ, January 9, 2026

Navarro Sees US Ending Chinese Dominance of Critical Minerals – Bloomberg, January 8, 2026

Beetles block mining of Europe’s biggest rare earths deposit – Phys.org, December 20, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Funding for Risky Biotechs Is Returning – WSJ, January 12, 2026

Anthropic expands into healthcare a week after OpenAI launched a similar product – Business Insider, January 11, 2026

Quantum

SEEQC Establishes US-Taiwan Quantum Technology Ecosystem to Accelerate Chip-Based Scaling – Quantum Computing Report, January 12, 2026

Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets – New Scientist, January 12, 2026

Researchers Report Quantum Computing Can Accelerate Drug Design – Quantum Insider, January 12, 2026

Are quantum computers finally becoming useful? – FT, January 11, 2026

Lawmakers Introduce National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act After Lapse – Quantum Insider, January 8, 2026

Advanced Aerospace Technology

China applies to put 200,000 satellites in space after calling Starlink a crash risk – SCMP, January 11, 2026

China’s Insta360 flies into US drone market as DJI faces tighter curbs – Nikkei Asia, January 10, 2026

US Commerce Department drops plan to impose restrictions on Chinese-made drones – Reuters, January 9, 2026

China warns satellites from Elon Musk’s Starlink are ‘safety and security’ risk – SCMP, January 1, 2026

How to Secure the Sky: America Needs a Defense Against Drones – Foreign Affairs, December 26, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Atom-thin, content-addressable memory enables edge AI applications – Phys.org, January 12, 2026

AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices – CNBC, January 10, 2026

Tokyo Electron gears up for AI-driven ‘supercycle’ in memory demand – Nikkei Asia, January 9, 2026

Honda postpones restart of Chinese plants over chip shortage – Nikkei Asia, January 6, 2026

Fact Sheet: Restoring American Semiconductor Manufacturing Leadership Through an Agreement on Trade & Investment with Taiwan – U.S. Department of Commerce, January 15, 2026

Energy and Climate

Chinese battery parts supplier scraps $200m Luxembourg acquisition – Nikkei Asia, January 12, 2026

Japan to let private sector use 3 nuclear fusion R&D sites – Nikkei Asia, January 12, 2026

Sinking boreal trees in the deep Arctic Ocean could remove billions of tons of carbon each year – Phys.org, January 12, 2026

Toyota doubles down on internal combustion engines despite China EV shift – Nikkei Asia, January 7, 2026

Opinion and Commentary

The Guardian view on Europe’s crisis of self-confidence: a new mindset needed for new times – The Guardian, January 12, 2026

Go Around and Strangle Things – Andy Kessler, WSJ, January 11, 2026

Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again – Cory Doctorow, The Guardian, January 10, 2026

America must embrace the Electric Age, or fall behind – Noah Smith, Noahpinion, January 9, 2026

America’s chip export controls are working – Noah Smith, Noahpinion, January 2, 2026

America Needs Economic Warriors: A New Era of Statecraft Demands a New Kind of Strategist – Navin Girishankar, Foreign Affairs, December 30, 2025

The Last Word

“State-of-the-art data centers and AI infrastructure are essential to securing America’s position as a global leader in AI. Nuclear energy will help power our AI future, strengthen our country’s energy infrastructure, and provide clean, reliable electricity for everyone.”

— Joel Kaplan, Chief Global Affairs Officer, Meta

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Top News of the Week – AI and Energy

The development of artificial intelligence is deeply intertwined with the construction and availability of energy sources at affordable prices. These two sectors will continue to build on one another and a failure to bring additional energy sources online could derail the AI revolution.

Key points:

• The construction of data centers and the availability of large-scale energy sources may limit to development of AI.

• Increasing energy costs could lead to a political backlash against AI companies as consumers see their energy bills go up and believe that AI will take their jobs.

• Technology breakthroughs or resource discoveries in the energy sector could reinvigorate the AI boom, just as the development of fracking drove down the cost of energy in the United States two decades ago.

More on Background:

• If U.S.-China AI Rivalry Were Football, the Score Would Be 24-18 – WSJ, December 29, 2025

• Americans Hate AI. Which Party Will Benefit? – Politico, December 28, 2025

• The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly – NYTs, December 23, 2025

• The U.S. Must Break China’s Chokehold on Our Economy – NYTs, December 22, 2025

• AI Geoeconomics: Allied Electricity and Secure Data Centers – Baker Institute, December 18, 2025

• Executive Order on Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence – The White House, December 11, 2025

• $1.5 trillion lithium deposit found in U.S. supervolcano crater — site could supply batteries for decades – Tom’s Hardware, December 1, 2025

Latest News

China stages war games around Taiwan after hitting out at major US arms deal – CNN, December 30, 2025

4 ways China-US relations could fracture in 2026 – Politico, December 26, 2025

Ten former Samsung employees arrested for industrial espionage charges for giving China chipmaker 10nm tech — executives and researchers allegedly leaked DRAM technology to China-based CXMT, resulting in trillions of losses in Korean Won – Tom’s Hardware, December 23, 2025

Nvidia aims to begin H200 chip shipments to China by mid-February, sources say – Reuters, December 22, 2025

Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue – Reuters, December 15, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

China mandates 50% domestic equipment rule for chipmakers, sources say – Reuters, December 30, 2025

U.S. Delays Chinese Chip Tariffs Until 2027 – The Information, December 23, 2025

Nvidia’s Biggest Southeast Asian Partner Dogged by China Chip Smuggling Questions – Bloomberg, December 22, 2025

Investigation Reveals Energy Department Collaborated with China’s Military on Research – U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP, December 17, 2025

Mapping Industrial Strength: US Machine Tool Production and Consumption – ITIF, December 15, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Meta Buys AI Startup Manus for More Than $2 Billion – WSJ, December 30, 2025

China Is Worried AI Threatens Party Rule—and Is Trying to Tame It – WSJ, December 23, 2025

How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips – Reuters, December 17, 2025

Comments to International Trade Administration Regarding the American AI Exports Program – Center for Data Innovation, December 15, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

China blamed for UK government cyber-attack – FT, December 20, 2025

Winning the 6G Race – The White House, December 19, 2025

TikTok says Chinese owner will retain core US business – FT, December 19, 2025

TikTok Deal Done and It’s Somehow the Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse – Tech Dirt, December 19, 2025

Comments to Federal Communications Commission Regarding Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments – ITIF, December 18, 2025

Critical Minerals

‘You can’t see China now as a reliable supply-chain partner’: Graphite mines forsaken for 70 years come back into fashion – Fortune, December 27, 2025

US Rare Earth Buyers Still See China Curbs Despite Trump Deal – Bloomberg, December 24, 2025

Analysing China’s 2025 Rare-Earth Export Controls – RSIS, December 23, 2025

The U.S. Must Break China’s Chokehold on Our Economy – NYTs, December 22, 2025

$1.5 trillion lithium deposit found in U.S. supervolcano crater — site could supply batteries for decades – Tom’s Hardware, December 1, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Ph.D.s Can’t Find Work as Boston’s Biotech Engine Sputters – WSJ, December 29, 2025

Synthetic biology, AI and automation: A forward-looking technology assessment – OECD, December 4, 2025

Quantum

How diamonds are powering a new quantum revolution – FT, December 28, 2025

From quantum talk to quantum delivery: Undersecretary Butti on implementing Italy’s strategy – Decode 39, December 22, 2025

Italy bets on quantum to secure tech sovereignty – Decode 39, December 18, 2025

Quantum navigation could solve the military’s GPS jamming problem – MIT Technology Review, December 16, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Chinese Navy Destroyer Tests Hypersonic Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile at Sea – USNI News, December 29, 2025

SpaceAI for Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges for Southeast Asia – RSIS, December 22, 2025

U.S. Bans New China-Made Drones, Sparking Outrage Among Pilots – WSJ, December 22, 2025

China Satellite Obliterates Starlink Using a Dim 2-Watt Laser Fired from 36,000 KM in Space – Indian Defence Review, December 19, 2025

Executive Order on Ensuring American Space Superiority – The White House, December 18, 2025

Why U.S. and Chinese satellites are ‘dogfighting’ in orbit – WaPo, December 18, 2025

America’s Drone Delusion: Why the Lessons of Ukraine Don’t Apply to a Conflict with China – Foreign Affairs, December 15, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

U.S. approves Samsung, SK Hynix chipmaking tool shipments to China for 2026 – CNBC, December 30, 2025

China’s SMIC to take full control of unit SMNC in $5.8 billion deal – Reuters, December 29, 2025

Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store – Tom’s Hardware, December 27, 2025

China’s AI Chip Deficit: Why Huawei Can’t Catch Nvidia and U.S. Export Controls Should Remain – CFR, December 15, 2025

Energy and Climate

The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly. – NYTs, December 23, 2025

AI Geoeconomics: Allied Electricity and Secure Data Centers – Baker Institute, December 18, 2025

China is building the world’s most powerful hydropower system deep in the Himalayas. It remains shrouded in secrecy – CNN, December 17, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

Trump Gives a Boost to China’s Biotech Companies – WSJ, December 31, 2025

China is using American AI against the U.S. Here’s how to stop it. – Jack Crovitz, WaPo, December 29, 2025

The year of the tariff: American trade policy is geared towards re-industrialisation — and it’s working – Ambassador Jamieson Greer, FT, December 22, 2025

The U.S. Can’t Get Xi Hooked on Nvidia Chips – Dmitri Alperovitch, WSJ, December 21, 2025

China Isn’t Racing the U.S. Toward the Same AI Future – Center for Humane Technology, December 18, 2025

Misunderstanding the British Industrial Revolution Is Reinforcing Technology Pessimism About AI – Robert Atkinson, In the Arena, December 18, 2025

Trump Is Doubling Down on His Disastrous A.I. Chip Policy – Ben Buchanan and Matt Pottinger, NYTs, December 17, 2025

The Last Word

“AI is a contributor to rising demand for electricity. The U.S. has got to get our act together and start growing our electricity production…So we do have a delicate balance. We have to build these data centers and supply energy and power to them, but stop the price rises.”

— Chris Wright, U.S. Secretary of Energy

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Chairman Keith Krach Named CEO of Freedom 250

On December 18, President Donald J. Trump announced the launch of Freedom 250, a non-partisan organization leading the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American Independence. Congratulations to our Chairman, Keith Krach, on being named the CEO of Freedom 250.

Working together with the White House Task Force 250, federal agencies, and the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, Freedom 250 serves as the official public-private partnership that connects, aligns, and amplifies national and local efforts to deliver the defining presidential moments of the big year. At its heart, Freedom 250 is creating a movement uniting Americans—and friends of America—in this once-in-a-generation celebration of the triumph of the American spirit.

Visit Freedom250.org to learn more.

Advancing Trusted Technology Across the Americas

This month, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue convened senior leaders from Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador for a regional roundtable on “Advancing Trusted Technology and Talent Across the Americas.” The discussion brought together representatives from national governments, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, Purdue University, and leading technology partners including Deloitte, Ericsson, Intel, and Zscaler.

Participants examined opportunities to strengthen secure digital infrastructure and supply chains, advance cyber and AI capabilities, and deepen cross-border collaboration. A central theme was workforce development—leveraging the Institute’s Tech Diplomacy Academy and Purdue University’s academic and industry partnerships to expand training, upskilling, and student engagement across the region.

We are grateful to our partners, including Oakwise, whose leadership and support continue to enable this important work advancing trusted technology and cooperation across the Americas.

Top News of the Week – Trump Announces “New Age of American Space Achievement”

President Donald J. Trump signed a sweeping executive order titled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” aiming to cement U.S. leadership in space exploration, security, and commercial development. The announcement was detailed in a White House fact sheet released on December 18, 2025.

Key points:

• Moon and lunar development: The order sets a goal to return American astronauts to the Moon by 2028 and to begin building initial elements of a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.

• Nuclear power in space: It directs deployment of nuclear reactors both on the Moon and in orbit, including a lunar surface reactor ready by 2030.

• Space security: The administration is expanding its ability to detect and counter threats to U.S. space assets and interests.

• Commercial and infrastructure push: Federal efforts will focus on upgrading launch infrastructure and spurring investment in commercial space capabilities, including a transition plan to replace the International Space Station by 2030.

• Policy coordination: The executive order directs federal agencies and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to coordinate on implementation, streamline procurement, and build the workforce needed to execute these goals.

• International cooperation on space resources: Building on longstanding U.S. policy, the administration emphasizes working with like-minded partners through bilateral and multilateral agreements to support the safe and sustainable use of space resources.

More on Background:

• Trump urges 2028 astronaut moon landing in sweeping space policy order - Reuters, December 19, 2025

• Trump signs sweeping executive order aimed at ‘ensuring American space superiority’ - Space.com, December 18, 2025

• US Senate confirms private astronaut, Musk ally Jared Isaacman as NASA chief - Reuters, December 17, 2025

• Fact Sheet on EO - Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources - The White House, December 18, 2025

Latest News

China to fall out of Germany’s top five export destinations for first time since 2010 – Reuters, December 15, 2025

See How a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Unfold – WSJ, December 6, 2025

India weighs greater phone-location surveillance; Apple, Google and Samsung protest – Reuters, December 5, 2025

X gets $140 million EU fine for breaching content rules but TikTok settles – Reuters, December 5, 2025

Chinese-linked hackers use back door for potential ‘sabotage,’ US and Canada say – Reuters, December 4, 2025

Bottlenecks in data center construction threaten Japan’s AI ambitions – Nikkei Asia, December 3, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

Why Germany Wants a Divorce with China – WSJ, December 14, 2025

Ensuring A National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence – White House, December 11, 2025

Pax Silica Initiative – U.S. Department of State, December 11, 2025

Trump enlists 5 allies to counter China on rare earths and tech – Politico, December 11, 2025

US bill seeks phase-out of Chinese sensors in self-driving cars, after space hack fears – Reuters, December 11, 2025

US and Chinese tech research is decoupling—ASPI’s Critical Tech Tracker – ASPI, November 26, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Increasing Public Trust in Artificial Intelligence Through Unbiased AI Principles – U.S. Office of Management and Budget, December 11, 2025

AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show – NBC News, December 11, 2025

State of AI: An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter – OpenRouter, December 2025

A Prisoner’s Dilemma in the Race to Artificial General Intelligence – RAND, December 1, 2025

Australia to establish AI safety institute – Innovation Aus, November 25, 2025

Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy – WSJ, November 24, 2025

Empire of AI is wildly misleading about AI water use – The Weird Turn Pro, November 16, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Trump Administration Turning to Private Firms in Cyber Offensive – Bloomberg, December 12, 2025

Google to build subsea cables in Papua New Guinea under Australia defence treaty – Reuters, December 12, 2025

This one gadget could give China a back door into the U.S. power grid – WaPo, December 10, 2025

Critical Minerals

Korea Zinc Partners with the U.S. Department of War and U.S. Department of Commerce to Build a State-of-the-Art Critical Minerals Smelter in the United States with $6.6 Billion of Capital Expenditures Total investment of $7.4 billion including working cap– Korea Zinc, December 15, 2025

Landmark Deal Gives North America Its First Heavy Rare Earth Refinery – Yahoo Finance, December 9, 2025

How Japan Built a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Without China – NYTs, December 8, 2025

How Critical Minerals Explain Trump’s Policy – FP, December 3, 2025

Simandou: The African mine that could shake Australia and reshape China’s rise – Think China, December 2, 2025

Chinese Rare-Earth Dealers Find Ways to Dodge Beijing’s Export Restrictions – WSJ, December 1, 2025

Inside one US company’s attempt to shake China’s grip on graphite – Nikkei Asia, November 26, 2025

Synthetic Biology

How NIH-Funded Science Supports US Biopharmaceutical Innovation – IFIT, December 15, 2025

Utopian fantasy or realistic tools? Deploying synthetic biology to jump crop yields sustainably – GLP, December 15, 2025

China is winning the biotech race. Patent reform is how we catch up – Fortune, December 12, 2025

Convergence of Biotechnologies and Artificial Intelligence: Implications on Biological Security – RSIS, December 2, 2025

Quantum

Federal government funds four quantum computer developers, aiming to keep them in Canada – Globe and Mail, December 15, 2025

Quantum Computing Breakthrough Shrinks Key Device to 100x Smaller Than a Human Hair – SciTechDaily, December 13, 2025

How Quantum Computing Could Put IBM Back on Top Again – Barron’s December 10, 2025

Quantum computing reality check: What business needs to know now – MIT Sloan School, December 9, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

China’s latest stealth endurance drone, CH-7, completes maiden flight – SCMP, December 15, 2025

Chinese Navy base 3D imaged to 50cm resolution in single satellite pass — US spatial intelligence firm boasts accurate high-res 3D terrain map took just 10 hours to create – Tom’s Hardware, December 7, 2025

SpaceX in Talks for $800 Billion Valuation Ahead of Potential 2026 IPO – WSJ, December 5, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Trump’s move on Nvidia and China is ‘selling out our national security,’ Elizabeth Warren says – Quartz, December 12, 2025

Intel, AMD Accused of Allowing Chips in Russian Missiles – Bloomberg, December 10, 2025

Chip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says – NYTs, December 10, 2025

Amazon AI Chip Gambit Backed by Taiwan Supply Chain – Commonwealth Magazine, December 3, 2025

Countering China’s Challenge to American AI Leadership – CSIS, December 2, 2025

Energy and Climate

Advocate of the Global South, global provider of green tech: China has come to dominate the climate discourse – MERICS, December 12, 2025

A bolder vision for American energy: You can’t “electrify everything” without more electricity. – Slow Boring, December 8, 2025

The Race for Fusion: Will America Secure the Critical Components? – SCSP, December 4, 2025

Zach Dell Thinks He Can Solve America’s Energy Crisis – The Information, November 22, 2025

Marshaling National Power Industries to Preserve America’s Strength and Thwart China’s Bid for Global Dominance – ITIF, November 17, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

RIP American Tech Dominance: Lifting export controls on Nvidia’s second-best chip jeopardizes America’s AI advantage over China. – Roge Karma, The Atlantic, December 12, 2025

Beyond the Antichrist and the Kill Switch: The real political economy of U.S. tech statecraft and what it means for Europe – Jakob Hensing, American-German Institute, December 11, 2025

Thinking about a Comprehensive U.S. AI Strategy: The U.S. needs a unified, forward-looking AI strategy to boost national competitiveness. – Michael Mazarr and Anca Agachi, Geopolitics of AGI, December 10, 2025

I love AI. Why doesn’t everyone? – Noah Smith, Noahpinion, December 1, 2025

The Last Word

“After braving the vast unknown and discovering the new world, our forefathers did not only merely sail home — and, in some cases, never to return. They stayed, they explored, they built, they guided, and through that pioneering spirit, they imagined all of the possibilities that few dared to dream.”

— President Donald J. Trump

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The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader of the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies, and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.

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Krach Institute Launches the Global Trusted Tech Network at the 2025 Trusted Tech Summit

On November 17, 2025, at the fourth annual Trusted Tech Summit in Washington, DC, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue launched the Global Trusted Tech Network, the world’s fastest-growing alliance of governments, companies, individuals and institutions united around the conviction that technology must advance freedom. The Global Trusted Tech Network is built on trust and grounded in integrity, accountability, transparency, reciprocity and respect for the fundamental pillars of free societies, like respect for the rule of law, human rights, property rights, and national sovereignty. It is the organizing framework for a new era of Tech Diplomacy that recognizes the centrality of technology at the heart of the modern contest between freedom and authoritarianism.

Pictured clockwise left to right: James Roscoe, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the United Kingdom in the US; Ebba Busch, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Business and Industry of Sweden; Michelle Giuda, Krach Institute CEO; Mung Chiang, President of Purdue and Co-Founder of the Krach Institute; Keith Krach, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Krach Institute; Greg Levesque, Strider CEO; Mark LaVerghetta, ReElement Co-Founder and Director; Aaron Slodov, Atomic Industries Co-Founder and CEO; Rep. Young Kim (CA); and Rep. John Moolenaar (MI).

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Atomic, ReElement, Strider and Sweden Honored with Trusted Tech Leadership Awards

At the 2025 Trusted Tech Summit, the Krach Institute presented its annual Trusted Tech Leadership Awards to leaders and institutions exemplifying integrity, courage, and innovation in advancing trusted technology across the AI stack:

• Atomic Industries — for re-imagining advanced manufacturing as a cornerstone of freedom

• ReElement Technologies — for advancing secure and sustainable critical-minerals supply chains

• Strider Technologies — for pioneering counter-intelligence solutions that protect innovation from foreign adversaries

• Government of Sweden — for demonstrating that innovation can be Europe’s greatest export

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Top News of the Week – Washington launches an effort to apply AI to Scientific Research

In November, the Trump Administration released its “Genesis Mission” which seeks to apply artificial intelligence to the troves of scientific data that the United States Government holds. This effort has the potential to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery.

Key Points:

• On November 24^th, President Trump signed an executive order launching the Genesis Mission which seeks to build an integrated artificial intelligence platform to accelerate scientific research across the U.S. Government and the institutions that take tax-payer money for research.

• The platform will rely upon high-performance computing resources and could serve as a boost to hyperscalers who need additional funding to build out AI data centers.

• At almost the same time, the United Kingdom announced a similar program built on an effort that has been underway at the Alan Turing Institute since 2018.

More on Background:

• New US plan for ‘AI in science’ could change how research is done, for better or worse – Science Business, November 27, 2025

• Launching the Genesis Mission – The White House, November 24, 2025

• Trump aims to boost AI innovation, build platform to harness government data – Reuters, November 24, 2025

• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Unveils the Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI for Scientific Discovery – The White House, November 24, 2025

• AI for Science Strategy – Government of the United Kingdom, November 20, 2025

• AI for science and government (ASG) – Alan Turing Institute

Latest News

3 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling Nvidia, HP chips to China – ABC News, November 20, 2025

CISA, eyeing China, plans hiring spree to rebuild its depleted ranks – Cybersecurity Dive, November 17, 2025

Now Tech Moguls Want to Build Data Centers in Outer Space – WSJ, November 16, 2025

US approves $429m arms sale to Taiwan, the first under Trump – The Straits Times, November 14, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

Europe Fears It Can’t Catch Up in Great Power Competition – WSJ, November 27, 2025

Reverse Deng? For Professionals Only: Countries contemplating letting Chinese firms invest in areas like EVs should seek to emulate China’s strategy in full. – The Wire China, November 23, 2025

Trump Team Internally Floats Idea of Selling Nvidia H200 Chips to China – Bloomberg, November 21, 2025

Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom – Politico, November 10, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

The party’s AI: How China’s new AI systems are reshaping human rights – ASPI, December 1, 2025

Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy – WSJ, November 24, 2025

When Chinese censorship breaks AI code – Politico, November 24, 2025

CrowdStrike Research: Security Flaws in DeepSeek-Generated Code Linked to Political Triggers – Crowdstrike, November 20, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

The Battle Over Africa’s Great Untapped Resource: IP Addresses – WSJ, November 28, 2025

Is Your Android TV Streaming Box Part of a Botnet? – Krebs on Security, November 24, 2025

Redundancy, Resiliency, and Repair: Securing Subsea Cable Infrastructure – Erin Murphy, CSIS, November 21, 2025

Google, Meta Delay Red Sea Cables as Security Risks Rattle Plans – Bloomberg, November 17, 2025

EU Eyes Huawei Ban in Mobile Networks of Member Countries – Bloomberg, November 10, 2025

Critical Minerals

World’s Largest Lithium Deposit Ever—Worth $1.5 Trillion—Was Confirmed Under a U.S. Supervolcano – MSN, December 1, 2025

China pitches closer ties to Germany in strategic industries to ease rare earth strains – Reuters, November 24, 2025

The Failed Crusade to Keep a Rare-Earths Mine Out of China’s Hands – WSJ, November 22, 2025

Office of Strategic Capital Agrees to Joint $700M Conditional Loan Commitment with Vulcan Elements and ReElement Technologies – U.S. Department of Defense, November 21, 2025

West scrambles to fill heavy rare earth gap as China rivalry deepens – Reuters, November 19, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Italy’s pharma spending and competitiveness: the risks of new burdens – Decode 39, December 1, 2025

From feedstocks to infrastructure, Indiana’s bioeconomy is on the move – Biopharma Dive, December 1, 2025

Chinese pharma is on the cusp of going global – The Economist, November 23, 2025

China’s biopharma boom echoes EV industry’s success and stresses – Nikkei Asia, November 10, 2025

Quantum

Has NTT sparked the long-awaited quantum-computing revolution? – Fast Company, December 2, 2025

Insider Data Trends Show Quantum Entering Industrial Deployment – Quantum Insider, December 2, 2025

Scientists just found a way to tell if quantum computers are wrong – Science Daily, December 1, 2025

Chicago’s quantum computing center a benefit of tolerance – Chicago Sun Times, November 30, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Chinese researchers simulate large-scale electronic warfare against Elon Musk’s Starlink – SCMP, November 23, 2025

Hard Lessons in Hypersonics – The Wire China, November 23, 2025

Taiwan set for homegrown satellite leap with SpaceX launch – Nikkei Asia, November 19, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

China Is Slowly but Surely Breaking Free from Nvidia – The Information, December 1, 2025

Nexperia Urges China Unit to Restore Chip Flow Amid Fears of Supply Squeeze – WSJ, November 28, 2025

Nvidia says its GPUs are a ‘generation ahead’ of Google’s AI chips – CNBC, November 25, 2025

The chipmaking pay revolution buys time, but will not solve scarcity of engineers – FT, November 23, 2025

The new silicon valley (literally) – The Verge, November 21, 2025

Energy and Climate

Can Chinese-Made Buses Be Hacked? Norway Drove One Down a Mine to Find Out – WSJ, November 19, 2025

Tesla Wants Its American Cars to Be Built Without Any Chinese Parts – WSJ, November 15, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

Vietnam’s Huawei deal exposes limits of Western pressure on China – Franklin Okeke, Unherd, December 1, 2025

The Underwater Cables That Carry the Internet Are in Trouble – James Stavridies, Bloomberg, November 26, 2025

Why U.S. Tech Flip-Flops on China Are So Disastrous – Justin Sherman, Foreign Policy, November 25, 2025

The First Large-Scale Cyberattack by AI: With basic tech and little human oversight, Chinese spies apparently exploited Anthropic’s Claude Code. – Nury Turkel, WSJ, November 23, 2025

The cyberattacks are coming. Will anyone be there to stop them? – Lauryn Williams, WaPo, November 20, 2025

Today’s Rare Earths Conflict Echoes the 1973 Oil Crisis — But It’s Not the Same – Alvin Camba, Carnegie Endowment, November 14, 2025

The Last Word

“George Washington entrusted us with ‘liberty’s sacred fire,’ and as we launch the Global Trusted Tech Network on the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, that fire still burns in free people worldwide.”

– Keith Krach, Chairman, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

About: Tech Diplomacy Now

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader of the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies, and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.

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Krach Institute’s Tech Diplomacy Academy Partners with LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning, one of the world’s largest professional education platforms, will now offer courses from the Krach Institute’s Tech Diplomacy Academy to a global network of 27 million learners. Through this collaboration, the Tech Diplomacy Academy will be the first provider of tech diplomacy content on LinkedIn Learning, educating global professionals on key subjects at the intersection of technology, business and national security.

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Krach Institute Partners with Kenyan Governors to Establish Africa’s First Trusted Tech Caucus

On October 20, 2025, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue announced the launch of the Kenyan Governors’ Trusted Tech Caucus, the first of its kind on the African continent. This groundbreaking initiative was introduced by Kenyan leaders, including Ambassador Isaiya Kabira, Secretary for Diaspora Investment, Skills and Entrepreneurship; Governor Irungu Kang’ata of Muranga; Governor Simba Arati of Kisii; Governor Amos Nyaribo of Nyamira; Governor Rev. Isaac Mutuma M’Ethingia of Meru; members of the Council of Governors – an organization comprising the governors of Kenya’s 47 counties – and Year of Return Africa (YORA). The Caucus received the support of other Kenyan organizations, spanning finance, manufacturing, education, media, and technology, together representing more than 3 million Kenyans and 4,000 companies. Additionally, the Krach Institute’s Tech Diplomacy Academy will be integrated into programs supported by YORA and its partners.

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Krach Institute and Deloitte Extend Collaboration

The Krach Institute and Deloitte have expanded our partnership to equip global leaders with the tools they need to navigate an increasingly complex and digital landscape. As part of our collaboration, Deloitte and the Institute’s Tech Diplomacy Academy launched a free online course—Leading in an Interconnected Landscape. The course explores how to anticipate change, manage risks, and drive progress across complex, interconnected emerging tech ecosystems.

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Top News of the Week - China Throttles the Global Economy with Critical Mineral Restrictions

Just as the United States and China appeared to be closing in on a trade agreement, Beijing introduced a far-reaching set of export restrictions on rare earth elements that could disrupt the global economy.

Key Points:

• On October 9^th, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced export controls that would seek to restrict all trade on goods that contained as little as 0.1% of Chinese rare earth elements or were made with tools that contained Chinese technology.

• The United States responded with its own announced tariffs and export controls.

• As world leaders expressed alarm at the severity of Chinese export controls, Chinese Government leaders tried to blame the United States for sowing panic.

• It appears that American and allied companies are ramping up their capabilities to replace Chinese supplied rare earth elements.

More on Background:

• A Rare Earths Alternative to China? Australia Eyes Timely Pitch to Trump – NYTs, October 20, 2025

• G7 scrambles to push back on Chinese rare-earth curbs – Politico, October 17, 2025

• China’s rare-earths power move jolted Trump but was years in the making – Washington Post, October 14, 2025

• China can only fire the big gun of refined metals restrictions once – Reuters, October 14, 2025

• GM’s Rare-Earth Gamble Pays Off as China Tightens Magnet Exports – WSJ, October 12, 2025

• China Widens Rare Earth Curbs Ahead of Key Xi-Trump Meeting – Bloomberg, October 9, 2025

• China’s Commerce Ministry tightens rules on rare earths exports – Investing Live, October 9, 2025

• China announces its own “foreign direct product rule” for REE-related exports from third countries – Trivium China, October 9, 2025

• China unveils sweeping rare-earth export controls to protect ‘national security’ – FT, October 9, 2025

• China Clamps Down Even Harder on Rare Earths – NYTs, October 9, 2025

• China expands rare earth export restrictions ahead of possible Trump-Xi meeting – CNBC, October 9, 2025

Latest News

The biggest takeaways from the Trump-Xi meeting — what the truce covers and what is still unclear – CNBC, October 30, 2025

Chairman Moolenaar and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi to Introduce Legislation to Protect American AI Leadership – Select Committee on the CCP, October 30, 2025

The United States Signs Technology Prosperity Deals with Japan and Korea – The White House, October 29, 2025

China’s next 5-year plan puts focus on tech and consumers as trade wars drag on economy – AP, October 24, 2025

Military Tech Companies, Long Snubbed in Europe, Are Having a Moment – WSJ, October 23, 2025

Female spies are waging ‘sex warfare’ to steal Silicon Valley secrets – The Times of London, October 22, 2025

Braving Trump, Apple’s Tim Cook promises to boost China investment – Reuters, October 15, 2025

TSMC moves up 2nm production plans in Arizona — CEO also hints at further site expansion beyond $165 billion commitment – Tom’s Hardware, October 15, 2025

Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on ‘critical software’ – CNBC, October 10, 2025

China blacklists major chip research firm TechInsights following report on Huawei – CNBC, October 10, 2025

The World’s Chip Supply Chain Is Bracing for Fallout from China’s Rare-Earth Curbs – Bloomberg, October 10, 2025

A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips? – NYTs, October 9, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks. – NYTs, October 14, 2025

Our Investments for National Security: JPMorganChase plans a 10-year, $1.5 trillion initiative to shore up America’s resiliency. – WSJ, October 13, 2025

China’s capacity to hack the U.S. is growing, former NSA head says. Here’s what they’re targeting and why. – CBS News, October 12, 2025

China Blacklists Researcher That Exposed Huawei Chip Secrets – Bloomberg, October 9, 2025

Senate Passes AI Chip Export Limits on Nvidia, AMD to China – Bloomberg, October 9, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic launches new version of scaled-down ‘Haiku’ model – TechCrunch, October 15, 2025

Apple to Build Tabletop Robot and Home Hub in Vietnam – Bloomberg, October 14, 2025

Singapore and Malaysia: Building Asia’s Neutral AI Corridor – Commonwealth Magazine, October 8, 2025

OpenAI bans suspected China-linked accounts for seeking surveillance proposals – Bloomberg, October 7, 2025

From Lubricants to Coolant: The Taiwanese Engineer Behind Castrol’s Pivot into AI Data Centers – Commonwealth Magazine, October 6, 2025

Young people in China are embracing AI therapy – Rest of the World, October 6, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Countering the Digital Silk Road – CNAS, October 15, 2025

F5 says hackers stole undisclosed BIG-IP flaws, source code – Bleeping Computer, October 15, 2025

Chinese Criminals Made More Than $1 Billion From Those Annoying Texts – WSJ, October 14, 2025

The Sovereignty Tax: What the TikTok Deal Means for the Digital Order – The Diplomat, October 11, 2025

US Weighs Action Against China-Linked Router Giant TP-Link – Bloomberg, October 9, 2025

Critical Minerals

China blames US for global panic over rare earths controls – Reuters, October 16, 2025

China’s rare-earth miners flying high as export rules tighten – Nikkei Asia, October 15, 2025

Taiwan sees no significant impact on chip sector from China rare earths curbs – Reuters, October 12, 2025

China’s new restrictions on rare earth exports send a stark warning to the West – Chatham House, October 10, 2025

Synthetic Biology

How America Can Win the Biotech Race: To Outcompete China, Washington Must Unleash the Private Sector – Foreign Affairs, October 16, 2025

America Is Heavily Reliant on China for Raw Materials in Medicines – NYTs, October 15, 2025

Concentrated origins, widespread risk: New USP insights on key starting materials – Quality Matters, October 14, 2025

US Biotech Future Is Now Made in China – Hoover Institution, October 9, 2025

Quantum

It’s Time for the Crypto Industry to Take the Threat of AI and Quantum Computing Seriously – Coindesk, October 19, 2025

‘Nightmare’ calculation may be too tricky for even quantum computers – New Scientist, October 17, 2025

Quantum Firm IonQ Raises $2 Billion From Susquehanna’s Heights – Bloomberg, October 10, 2025

Trio Including Google’s Quantum Computer Builder Win Nobel – Bloomberg, October 7, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales to Pool Space Resources into Standalone Company – October 24, 2025

DJI appeals US ruling upholding designation as Chinese military company – Nikkei Asia, October 15, 2025

Behind Russia’s battlefield drone surge in Ukraine? Chinese factories. – Washington Post, October 13, 2025

The US Needs Better Ways to Defend Against Drones – Bloomberg, October 6, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

NVIDIA CEO Says U.S. Sanctions Cut Advanced Chip Market Share in China from 95% to 0% - Chosun, October 17, 2025

Europe needs a better chip strategy – FT, October 15, 2025

In rare move, Dutch government takes control of China-owned chipmaker Nexperia – Reuters, October 13, 2025

Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia – FT, October 13, 2025

China Opens Antitrust Probe of Qualcomm’s Autotalks Deal – Bloomberg, October 10, 2025

China launches customs crackdown on Nvidia AI chips – FT, October 10, 2025

A Mystery C.E.O. and Billions in Sales: Is China Buying Banned Nvidia Chips? – NYTs, October 9, 2025

Energy and Climate

It’s official – the major German and American brands (Porsche, Mercedes, Ford and Stellantis) are backtracking and extending the life of the internal combustion engine beyond 2035 – Union Rayo, October 18, 2025

How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution – FT, October 14, 2025

Germany’s chancellor backs scrapping the planned ICE ban in Europe – Wards Auto, October 10, 2025

Trump’s Hydrogen Cuts Put the US Further Behind China on Key Green Tech – Bloomberg, October 9, 2025

Nigeria in Talks with China for $2 Billion Loan for Super Grid – Bloomberg, October 6, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

America could win this trade war if it wanted to – Noah Smith, Noahpinion, October 18, 2025

A Grand Strategy of Reciprocity: How to Build an Economic and Security Order That Works for America – Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, October 17, 2025

Allies United Against China on Rare Earths – WSJ, October 16, 2025

Indulging in absurd anti-U.S. rhetoric? You’re doing a solid for Moscow and Beijing – Raquel Garbers, The Hill Times, October 15, 2025

China’s rare-earth gambit will backfire – Miquel Vila, Unherd, October 13, 2025

Space is a critical battlefield, and the West is losing – Bert Chapman, IAI, October 10, 2025

The Last Word

“It has become painfully clear that the United States has allowed itself to become too reliant on unreliable sources of critical minerals, products and manufacturing – all of which are essential for our national security. Our security is predicated on the strength and resiliency of America’s economy. America needs more speed and investment. It also needs to remove obstacles that stand in the way: excessive regulations, bureaucratic delay, partisan gridlock and an education system not aligned to the skills we need.”

– Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorganChase

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The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader of the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies, and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.

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Keith Krach Delivers Keynote at SEMICON West

In a keynote address at SEMICON West 2025, the premier microelectronics exhibition in North America, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Chairman Keith Krach called on semiconductor leaders to unite behind a shared mission: anchoring the technologies of the future in trust, calling it “the ultimate competitive advantage.” Speaking before industry executives, engineers, and policymakers, Krach celebrated “America’s Chip Manufacturing Revival”—a dramatic turnaround that has seen the industry surge from zero planned fabs in 2020 to over $600 billion in new investments.

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Michelle Giuda on Bloomberg TV: US-China Tariff Back-and-Forth Won’t Bring Stability—American Leadership Will

Michelle Giuda, CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, told Caroline Hyde of Bloomberg: “Real stability won’t come from another round of US-China tariff talks or even a trade agreement. It will come from total American dominance in the next generation of industries. That’s what victory looks like.”

Top News of the Week - Nvidia’s Challengers

Last week, Huawei unveiled an aggressive roadmap to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in advanced semiconductors for AI. At the same time, OpenAI announced a massive deal with AMD for advanced AI chips, while Meta announced a deal with an AI chip start-up. Nvidia’s dominance in advanced AI chips is facing its most serious challenge yet.

Key Points:

• After years of unchallenged dominance of GPUs, the advanced semiconductors for artificial intelligence, Nvidia appears to be facing stiff competition from Chinese firms and American firms.

• Nvidia’s dominance likely encouraged wealthy technology companies pursuing AI to find alternatives, even as they seek access to even more Nvidia chips.

• Whether another American competitor arises, or whether a Chinese firm like Huawei can match Nvidia’s chips, remains to be seen.

More on Background:

• OpenAI signs a multi-billion dollar chips deal with AMD – Quartz, October 6, 2025

• Huawei’s new open source technique shrinks LLMs to make them run on less powerful, less expensive hardware – Venture Beat, October 3, 2025

• Meta Is Said to Acquire Chips Startup Rivos to Push AI Effort – Bloomberg, September 30, 2025

• Huawei to Double Output of Top AI Chip as Nvidia Wavers in China – Bloomberg, September 29, 2025

• Alibaba shares leap on Nvidia partnership, data center plans – Reuters, September 24, 2025

Latest News

How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions – WSJ, October 5, 2025

Indian ministers push domestic alternatives to Google, Microsoft apps amid strained US ties – Reuters, October 3, 2025

How China’s Secretive Spy Agency Became a Cyber Powerhouse – NYTs, September 28, 2025

The Russian spy ship stalking Europe’s subsea cables – FT, September 28, 2025

There Are More Robots Working in China Than the Rest of the World Combined – NYTs, September 25, 2025

How Intel’s $28 Billion Pledge Left an Ohio Town in Limbo – WSJ, September 24, 2025

European airports snarled by cyberattack, disruption to stretch into Sunday – Reuters, September 20, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

China’s AI-Powered Surveillance State – Journal of Democracy, October 2025

Notice of Request for Information; Regulatory Reform on Artificial Intelligence – Office of Science and Technology Policy, September 26, 2025

U.S. Military Is Struggling to Deploy AI Weapons – WSJ, September 26, 2025

Taiwan Curbs Chip Exports to South Africa in Rare Power Move – Bloomberg, September 23, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Gambles Billions in Memphis to Catch Up on AI – WSJ, October 6, 2025

The Robot Reckoning: China is betting on a future with humanoid robots. When will it arrive? – The Wire China, October 5, 2025

‘Perfection without the connection’: How AI is becoming a digital wingman – Reuters, October 4, 2025

OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias. – MIT Technology Review, October 1, 2025

CAISI Evaluation of DeepSeek AI Models Finds Shortcomings and Risks – NIST, September 30, 2025

China’s DeepSeek Unveils New AI Model That Could Halve Usage Cost – WSJ, September 30, 2025

Durbin, Hawley Introduce Bill Allowing Victims to Sue AI Companies – Senator Dick Durbin, September 29, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

TikTok posts on Israel-Gaza war are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian – WaPo, October 7, 2025

TikTok Says It’s Engaging with Indonesia After License Suspended – Bloomberg, October 3, 2025

Inside the US-China Battle Over Undersea Internet Cables Powering AI’s Future – Bloomberg, October 2, 2025

Flights in Afghanistan grounded after internet shutdown – BBC, September 30, 2025

China Hackers Breached Foreign Ministers’ Emails, Palo Alto Says – Bloomberg, September 30, 2025

Critical Minerals

The Secret Weapon in America’s Critical Minerals Strategy – First Breakfast, September 30, 2025

US magnet start-up targets China’s grip on rare earths – FT, September 29, 2025

Rare Earths and Industry: Why Dependence on China Endures – EAI Background Brief, September 12, 2025

China’s Bureaucratic Playbook for Critical Minerals – Hudson, Institute, July 9, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Closing the Biosecurity Gap in Synthetic Biology – Global Biodefense, October 6, 2025

Trump orders $50M for AI in pediatric cancer research – Axios, September 30, 2025

How Biofoundries are Accelerating Life-Enhancing Innovations in Biomanufacturing – SynBioBeta, September 11, 2025

Quantum

How One AI Model Creates a Physical Intuition of Its Environment – Quanta Magazine, October 3, 2025

A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness – Quanta Magazine, October 1, 2025

IBM Just Made a Quantum Computing Breakthrough – Motley Fool, September 26, 2025

Scientists unveil world’s first quantum computer built with regular silicon chips – Live Science, September 26, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

China’s industrial revolution to make rockets and satellites like cars – SCMP, September 28, 2025

Drone maker DJI loses lawsuit to exit Pentagon’s list of firms with Chinese military ties – Reuters, September 26, 2025

Chinese drone experts worked with sanctioned Russian arms maker, sources say – Reuters, September 25, 2025

US intel officials “concerned” China will soon master reusable launch – ArsTechnica, September 22, 2025

China’s large reusable Tianlong-3 rocket passes 1,000-tonne thrust ‘major exam’ – SCMP, September 17, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

China’s chipmakers bought $38 billion in U.S. and allied tools, a sign policy is failing, lawmakers find – Reuters, October 7, 2025

Huawei Used TSMC, Samsung, SK Hynix Components in Top AI Chips – Bloomberg, October 3, 2025

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Frustrated by Delays to Trump’s U.A.E. Chips Deal – WSJ, October 2, 2025

Applied Materials Expects $710 Million Revenue Hit from New Export Rule – WSJ, October 2, 2025

Axcelis and Veeco to Merge in $4.4 Billion Semiconductor Equipment Deal – WSJ, October 1, 2025

Japan’s Kioxia Sees AI Driving Strong Memory Growth for Years – Bloomberg, September 30, 2025

Energy and Climate

China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks – Rest of the World, October 3, 2025

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring – Bloomberg, September 29, 2025

China won the electric car race. Up next: freight trucks – Rest of the World, September 26, 2025

China’s Clean Energy Pledge is Clouded by Coal – The Wire China, September 26, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible – Lily Hay Newman, Wired, October 6, 2025

Dogfighting between satellites? Recognising space as a domain of war – Philip Citowicki, The Interpreter, September 23, 2025

Why China Hawks Love Talking About AI – James Palmer, Foreign Policy, September 23, 2025

US-China rare earth talks: Trading predictability for time – Apoorba Banerjee, Lowy Institute, September 18, 2025

The Last Word

“It’s not just about innovation. It’s about freedom.”

– Keith Krach, SEMICON West keynote address

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The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader of the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies, and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.

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Advancing Trusted Technology in Central Asia at the UN General Assembly

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, with support from Google, convened leaders from Central Asia, the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce, and global industry for a roundtable on advancing trusted AI in Central Asia and Azerbaijan.

The discussion, held alongside the UN General Assembly, highlighted how the trusted U.S. tech stack can strengthen regional cooperation and prosperity. Through this convening, the Krach Institute helped accelerate meaningful dialogue and action around trusted technology, education and workforce development, and industry partnerships, setting the stage for continued engagement in upcoming regional forums.

Bloomberg & CNBC Spotlight: Krach Institute CEO Giuda on how the U.S. Wins the 21st-Century Technology Race

Krach Institute CEO Michelle Giuda joined Bloomberg and CNBC this week to discuss the TikTok deal, U.S.-China technology tensions and what it takes for the U.S. to stay competitive. Giuda notes that while tariffs, export controls, and regulatory agreements are important, the only way to move beyond the incremental grind of the U.S.-China relationship is to go on offense—by inventing, building and innovating at scale. The private sector plays a central role in leading this effort and ensuring the U.S. wins the 21st-century technology race.

Top News of the Week - White House Declares a TikTok Deal

After nine months of negotiations and some false starts, the White House announced that they had settled on a framework agreement with their Chinese counterparts for TikTok to remain operating in the United States.

Key Points:

• The White House says that the social media platform will be operated by a majority owned U.S. entity even as ByteDance maintains a nearly 20% ownership stake.

• The White House claims that the agreement will result in all data for Americans being stored inside the United States on American hardware, and managed with software from the American firm, Oracle.

• They also claim that the recommendation algorithm will be licensed to the American TikTok entity by ByteDance and that Oracle will retrain and control the recommendation algorithm.

• On Friday, September 19, President Trump claimed following a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that the Chinese had “approved” the deal.

• However, in the statement by the PRC Government following the call, the Chinese did not say that the deal was approved and that they would review it based on Chinese law and regulations.

More on Background:

• TikTok’s algorithm to be licensed to US joint venture led by Oracle and Silver Lake – Associated Press, September 23, 2025

• Deal for TikTok creates U.S. joint venture, and government won’t have a stake – NPR, September 22, 2025

• White House ‘100 percent’ sure TikTok deal with China will close – Politico, September 22, 2025

• US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says – CNN, September 20, 2025

• Beijing says TikTok’s US app will use Chinese algorithm – FT, September 17, 2025

• US, China reach framework deal on TikTok; Trump and Xi to speak on Friday – Reuters, September 15, 2025

Latest News

Cache of Devices Capable of Crashing Cell Network Is Found Near U.N. – New York Times, September 23, 2025

Disruption continues at Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin airports after cyber-attack – The Guardian, September 21, 2025

Estonia says 3 Russian fighter jets entered its airspace in ‘brazen’ incursion – AP, September 19, 2025

US panel probes Huawei affiliate’s presence on Nvidia’s Silicon Valley campus – Mercury News, September 18, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

U.S. Export Controls and China: Advanced Semiconductors – CRS, September 19, 2025

Risky Configuration: China’s Footprint in Germany’s Technology Stack – German Marshall Fund, September 16, 2025

Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay – The White House, September 16, 2025

Dynamic Tech Defense Reform: How to Unleash American Innovation and Restore Our Military Dominance – a16z American Dynamism, September 2025

Artificial Intelligence

‘Stargate of China’ plan emerges to challenge US as AI superpower – FT, September 22, 2025

Beijing’s “Robot Army” Isn’t Science Fiction. It’s Already Here. – National Interest, September 17, 2025

How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society – Pew Research, September 17, 2025

China trials its first advanced tools for AI chipmaking – FT, September 16, 2025

AI firm DeepSeek writes less-secure code for groups China disfavors – WaPo, September 16, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Tearing Down China’s ‘Great Firewall’: Leaked documents expose the global spread of China’s cyber repression. – The Dispatch, September 22, 2025

TikTok’s Algorithm to Be Secured by Oracle in Trump-Backed Deal – Bloomberg, September 22, 2025

How ‘Safe China’ sells its security strategy to the world – FT, September 20, 2025

Salt Typhoon and UNC4841: Chinese Cyber Espionage Targets Mobile Phones – Bitter Winter, September 19, 2025

Critical Minerals

China Rare Earths Issue Remains Unresolved, US Lawmaker Says – Bloomberg, September 23, 2025

Europe’s first production plant for rare-earth magnets opens – FT, September 22, 2025

EU Firms Face New Production Halts on China Rare Earth Pinch – Bloomberg, September 19, 2025

EU companies hit by renewed delays to Chinese rare earths licences – FT, September 17, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Biomni and Sage Partner on AI-Powered Access to Biomedical Data – BioPharma Trend, September 17, 2025

Transforming cancer care with Artificial Intelligence – EPFL News, September 17, 2025

Stanford–Arc Team Reports AI-Made Viruses That Kill Bacteria – BioPharma Trend, September 17, 2025

Quantum

Quantum Surprise is Coming – Building Our Future, September 22, 2025

UT Austin, Quantinuum Researchers Report ‘Unconditional’ Quantum Supremacy – Quantum Insider, September 20, 2025

Trump administration planning expansion of U.S. quantum strategy – Cyberscoop, September 19, 2025

Quantum computers have finally achieved unconditional supremacy – New Scientist, September 19, 2025

Trilateral Quantum Cooperation – U.S. State Department, September 5, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

No missing bolts: a glimpse into China’s C919 smart factory – SCMP, September 22, 2025

Countering the Swarm: Protecting the Joint Force in the Drone Age – CNAS, September 18, 2025

Red Shift: The Acceleration of China’s Commercial and Civil Space Enterprise & The Challenge to America – Commercial Space Federation, September 16, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Teams at Nvidia and Intel have been working in secret on jointly developed processors for a year – Tom’s Hardware, September 18, 2025

Huawei Showcases Its ‘Highly Competitive’ AI Chip Roadmap; Ascend 950PR To Feature Self-Built HBM With Release Slated For Q1 2026 – WCCF Tech, September 18, 2025

Huawei Unveils AI Chip Roadmap to Challenge Nvidia’s Lead – Bloomberg, September 18, 2025

OpenAI and NVIDIA announce strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems – OpenAI, September 16, 2025

Energy and Climate

Octopus Energy to Spin Off AI Arm Kraken to Create Potential $15 Billion Software Platform – WSJ, September 18, 2025

Don’t Let Chinese EV Makers Manufacture in the United States – ITIF, September 17, 2025

How China’s CATL Keeps Trouncing Its Battery Rivals – The Information, September 15, 2025

American Power is American Power – Arena Magazine, August 26, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

Why China said ‘no’ to stripped-down Nvidia chips – SCMP, September 23, 2025

What Trump Wants from a TikTok Deal with China – Clare Malone, The New Yorker, September 20, 2025

Brussels’ Strategic Choice: Forge a Western Alliance to Prevail Over China, or Triangulate and Lose – Rob Atkinson, In The Arena, September 16, 2025

Break Up Nvidia – Oren Cass, Commonplace, September 14, 2025

The Last Word

“The work of freedom is not passive. It is our daily choice, our shared mission, and our greatest legacy. God Bless America.”

– Keith Krach, Chairman of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

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The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader of the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies, and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.

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Keith Krach Receives America’s Highest Manufacturing Honor

Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Chairman Keith Krach was awarded the 2025 M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers). Krach’s $4.5 trillion impact on global productivity—spanning robotics, automation, e-commerce, digital trust, and semiconductors—represents a 4.3% uplift in global GDP, or $571 for every person on earth, continues to power U.S. leadership.

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• Purdue alumnus Keith Krach receives nation’s highest manufacturing honor – Purdue News, September 16, 2025

• The $4.5 Trillion Productivity Architect: How Keith Krach Rewired Trust, Tech, and American Competitiveness – Life & News, September 15, 2025

Michelle Giuda at Anthropic’s Futures Forum: There’s No American AI Dominance Without American Energy Dominance

Michelle Giuda, CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, spoke at Anthropic’s Futures Forum alongside former Senator Roy Blunt, former NSC Senior Director Joshua Hodges, and Hoover Institution Distinguished Visiting Fellow Mike Kuiken. Her message: energy is the foundation of the Trusted Tech Stack. The challenge she posed—how much, and how fast, can America unleash its energy capacity?

Top News of the Week – US-UK Tech Deal

During President Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom, the two countries announced a $42 billion technology agreement that would boost ties between the two partners in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, nuclear power and other fields. This comes as the UK looks for ways to revive its stagnant economy and become a leader in technology.

Key Points:

• The “Tech Prosperity Deal” signals a plan by both the United States and the United Kingdom to tie their economies more closely together and to collaborate on the industries and technologies of the future.

• The UK also secured commitments of nearly $200 billion worth of investment from U.S. companies.

• The two countries have agreed to accelerate AI innovation, expand the use of civil nuclear energy, cooperate on quantum computing, and collaborate on issues like research security, telecom infrastructure, and investment reviews.

More on Background:

• The tech prosperity deal is huge. But will the UK reap the benefits? – The Conversation, September 19, 2025

• Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Regarding the Technology Prosperity Deal – The White House, September 18, 2025

• US firms pledge £150bn investment in UK as tech deal signed – BBC, September 18, 2025

• Trump and Starmer Sign ‘Groundbreaking’ Billion-Dollar U.K.-U.S. Tech Prosperity Deal – Time, September 18, 2025

• UK and US agree $42 billion tech pact to mark Trump's visit – Reuters, September 17, 2025

Latest News

Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay – The White House, September 16, 2025

Japan’s Prime Minister to Resign After Clinching Tariff Deal – WSJ, September 7, 2025

China Is Using the Private Sector to Advance Military AI – WSJ, September 3, 2025

Xi Wages ‘Memory War’ to Rewrite WWII History with Eye on Taiwan – Bloomberg, September 2, 2025

Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi ‘partners not rivals’ as leaders seek to repair China-India ties – FT, September 2, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

Walling Off China – The Wire China, September 7, 2025

Fox in the Henhouse: The U.S. Department of Defense Research and Engineering's Failures to Protect Taxpayer-Funded Defense Research – U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP, September 5, 2025

Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Military-Civil Fusion – CSET, September 2025

China Is Building a Brain-Computer Interface Industry – Wired, August 28, 2025

Pentagon unit steps up tech ties with allies to counter China – FT, August 27, 2025

Andreessen Horowitz Joins $100 Million Effort to Shape AI Regulation – Bloomberg, August 25, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia CEO says he’s ‘disappointed’ after report China has banned its AI chips – CNBC, September 17, 2025

Huawei Unveils AI Chip Roadmap to Challenge Nvidia’s Lead – Bloomberg, September 17, 2025

Anthropic to stop selling AI services to majority Chinese-owned groups – FT, September 4, 2025

Proteintech Launches Able AI to Streamline Antibody Selection – SynBioBeta, September 4, 2025

European VC robotics funding gears up for record 2025 – Pitchbook, September 3, 2025

China Has a Different Vision for AI. It Might Be Smarter. – WSJ, August 30, 2025

Survey: College Students’ Views on AI – Inside Higher Ed, August 29, 2025

China races to embed AI use across major industries with ambitious 2030 target – SCMP, August 27, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Red Sea cable cuts disrupt internet across Asia and the Middle East – Reuters, September 7, 2025

Congress pulls the rug on U.S. plan to beat Huawei – Politico, September 2, 2025

Spanish government cancels €10m contract using Huawei equipment – The Record, September 1, 2025

Nokia pushes 5G-Advanced as gateway to 6G, spotlights AI's growing role in networks – DigiTimes Asia, September 1, 2025

Corruption and Control: How Turkmenistan turned internet censorship into a business – TOR Blog, August 27, 2025

FBI warns Chinese hacking campaign has expanded, reaching 80 countries – Washington Post, August 27, 2025

Critical Minerals

EV Makers Line Up at Europe’s Only Rare-Earths Magnets Site – Bloomberg, September 18, 2025

Recycling pioneers race to close the rare earths scrap gap – Reuters, September 15, 2025

Here’s a source for critical minerals — hiding in plain sight – Washington Post, September 1, 2025

China's rare-earth miners back in black after export curbs buoy prices – Nikkei Asia, September 1, 2025

From ore to more: Mineral partnerships for African industrialization – ECFR, August 28, 2025

Beijing builds out REE traceability system – Trivium China, August 26, 2025

China extends rare earth controls to imported material – Minning.com, August 24, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Bravehart, a stealthy startup, looks to China to challenge Bristol Myers heart drug – Biopharma Dive, September 5, 2025

Drugs from China are reshaping biotech. Track the licensing deals here. – Biopharma Dive, September 5, 2025

Immortal Dragons Invests in Frontier Bio: Pioneering 3D Biofabrication for Tissue Engineering – SynBioBeta, September 4, 2025

Pathogen as Policy: Defending Against Chinese Biowarfare – Hudson Institute, September 3, 2025

AstraZeneca bounces back from scandal in China – FT, August 28, 2025

Where Your Medicines Are Made – NYTs, August 23, 2025

Quantum

Quantum router could speed up quantum computers – New Scientist, September 8, 2025

The New Math of Quantum Cryptography – Wired, September 7, 2025

Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is on to Simulate Our Quantum Universe – Quanta Magazine, September 5, 2025

The Prototype: New Mexico Is Building a Quantum Computing Hub – Forbes, September 5, 2025

Advancing America’s Quantum Leadership with Next-Generation Sensors – CNAS, August 27, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Ukraine's new interceptor drones destroyed 150 of Russia's long-range UAVs in a single night, Zelenskyy says – Business Insider, September 8, 2025

Could Taiwan’s new ‘high-low’ attack drone strategy counter mainland China’s arsenal? – SCMP, September 7, 2025

Trump to reinterpret 1987 missile treaty to sell heavy attack drones abroad – Reuters, September 6, 2025

Navigating the Future of the Drone Industry: Autonomy, AI, and Workforce Transformation – Drone Life, September 5, 2025

Navy Carrier-Based ‘Loyal Wingman’ Drone Development Suddenly Pushes Forward (Updated) – TWZ, September 5, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

US penalizes two Chinese companies that acquired tools for chipmaker SMIC – Reuters, September 12, 2025

U.S. Curbs TSMC’s Shipments of Chip Supplies to China – WSJ, September 3, 2025

Investors bet on Cambricon to be China’s next AI champion – FT, September 2, 2025

Abu Dhabi’s G42 eyes chip options beyond Nvidia – Semafor, September 1, 2025

Trump Takes Aim at South Korean Chipmakers’ China Operations – NYTs, August 30, 2025

Alibaba Creates AI Chip to Help China Fill Nvidia Void – WSJ, August 29, 2025

US Commerce voids Biden's $7.4 billion semiconductor research grant deal – Reuters, August 25, 2025

Energy and Climate

Russia and China are creating a new axis of energy – Unherd, September 4, 2025

Advanced Nuclear Fuel Market Emerging After US Sets First Delivery – Bloomberg, September 3, 2025

“Heat Beyond Control”: Scientists Recoil As China’s Fusion Reactor Hits 100 Million Degrees In Unprecedented Artificial Sun Achievement – Sustainability Times, August 24, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

Selling AI Chips Won’t Keep China Hooked on U.S. Technology – Janet Egan, Just Security, September 3, 2025

It’s a Strongman’s World and We’re Just Living in It – Hal Brands, Bloomberg, September 2, 2025

Export Controls Failed? China Begs to Differ – Rush Doshi and Chris McGuire, WSJ, September 1, 2025

There's a Stunning Financial Problem with AI Data Centers – Joe Wilkins, Futurism, August 28, 2025

The Last Word

“If there's a conversation about the best of ... AI innovations, and we are not talking about governance, we are not talking about trust, I think we should really count ourselves out then.”

– Navrina Singh, CEO of Credo AI

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Krach Institute Hosts Trusted AI Roundtable with Diplomats from Central Asia and Azerbaijan

Last week, the Krach Institute—supported by Google—convened U.S. government officials and senior diplomats from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan for a high-level roundtable on advancing responsible and trusted AI across the region. The conversation explored how trusted, interoperable AI systems can boost regional economic growth through targeted investments in infrastructure, aligned regulatory approaches, and collaborative education initiatives. Participants underscored the importance of building a common framework to ensure AI is secure, transparent, and inclusive, highlighting the U.S.’s vital role in advancing innovation and partnership across the C5+1 and Azerbaijan.

Top News of the Week – Dueling Visions for AI

A week after the Trump Administration issued its AI Action Plan, Chinese Premier Li Qiang gave the keynote address at China’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. He called for the creation of a global body that would govern AI.

Key Points:

• The Chinese Premier obliquely criticized the American AI plan, calling for a global governance system, presumably controlled by Beijing, that would provide AI to the world in ways that would guarantee that the values of the Chinese Communist Party served as the foundation of artificial intelligence.

• A globalized AI along the lines of what Beijing desires would hardwire anti-liberal tendencies and ensure that issues that the Party finds sensitive (like discussions of democracy, the rights of minorities, the status of Taiwan, and the legitimacy of the CCP) could not be touched by AI.

• This provides an insight into the PRC’s strategy for competing with the United States. The Chinese Communist Party will portray American efforts to maintain leadership in AI as protectionist even as the Party provides massive subsidies and protection to its own companies in a bid to dominate the global AI market.

More on Background:

• China releases AI action plan days after the U.S. as global tech race heats up – CNBC, July 26, 2025

• China proposes new global AI cooperation organization – Reuters, July 26, 2025

• China calls for global AI centre to avoid dominance of select few as US rivalry deepens – SCMP, July 26, 2025

• China calls for global AI cooperation days after Trump administration unveils low-regulation strategy – The Guardian, July 26, 2025

• China pitches global AI governance group as the US goes it alone – CNN, July 29, 2025

• Global AI rivalry is a dangerous game – FT, July 28, 2025

• Chinese Premier Li Qiang calls on countries to coordinate AI governance – CGTN, July 27, 2025

Latest News

Companies Welcome EU-U.S. Trade Deal as Least Bad Outcome – WSJ, July 28, 2025

Voters in Taiwan reject bid to oust China-friendly lawmakers in closely watched poll – Associated Press, July 26, 2025

Trump announces ‘massive’ trade agreement with Japan – CNN, July 23, 2025

Japan's PM vows to stay on despite bruising election loss – BBC, July 21, 2025

Trump Urges Intel’s CEO to Step Down, Calling Him ‘Conflicted’ – Bloomberg, August 7, 2025

Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces American Manufacturing Program – Apple, August 6, 2025

Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US – AP, August 6, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

Cadence Design Systems Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $140 Million for Unlawfully Exporting Semiconductor Design Tools to a Restricted PRC Military University – Department of Justice, July 28, 2025

China proposes global body to govern artificial intelligence – FT, July 26, 2025

Why the EU’s International Digital Strategy Should Prioritize Repairing Transatlantic Cooperation – ITIF, July 25, 2025

Back to the Future: From Freeze-in-Place to Sliding Scale Chip Controls – Rhodium Group, July 21, 2025

Meta Says It Won’t Sign EU’s AI Code, Calling It Overreach – Bloomberg, July 18, 2025

Private Enterprise under Xiconomics: How Party Cells and Golden Shares Work – and What Europe Should Do – China Observers, July 17, 2025

The Case for an Economic Fusion Center to Prevent Strategic Surprise – James Tingle, WOTR, June 30, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less – MIT Technology Review, July 28, 2025

Chinese AI firms form alliances to build domestic ecosystem amid US curbs – Reuters, July 28, 2025

AI Has Improved Monsoon Forecast Accuracy in India by 20 Percent – ITIF, July 28, 2025

Huawei shows off AI computing system to rival Nvidia's top product – Reuters, July 26, 2025

China’s Overlooked AI Strategy: Beijing Is Using Soft Power to Gain Global Dominance – Foreign Affairs, July 25, 2025

Trump is all-in on AI sandboxes. Do they work? – Politico, July 24, 2025

SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground – WSJ, July 21, 2025

China could counter US tech curbs by engaging Global South on AI, analysts say – SCMP, July 20, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Comments to the FCC Regarding Modernizing Spectrum Sharing for Satellite Broadband – ITIF, July 28, 2025

Starlink-powered ‘T-Satellite’ service is now live on T-Mobile – The Verge, July 23, 2025

Taiwan firms unite to form next-gen cybersecurity alliance – Taiwan News, July 18, 2025

US Must Limit Intel-Sharing with Spain Over Huawei Concern, Cotton Says – Bloomberg, July 17, 2025

Critical Minerals

EV magnets by Japan's Proterial do not need heavy rare-earth metals – Nikkei Asia, July 22, 2025

China’s tightest rare-earths headlock is financial – Reuters, July 17, 2025

Apple to Buy Rare Earths From Pentagon-Backed US Producer MP – Bloomberg, July 15, 2025

Japan plans ‘world first’ deep-sea mineral extraction – Dawn, July 3, 2025

Tech titans Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates team up in race for minerals – Times of London, May 9, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Global pharma companies do record deals with Chinese biotechs – FT, July 22, 2025

Sustaining the Goose That Lays Golden Eggs: How to Continue Miraculous Biotech Advances – ITIF, July 15, 2025

Quantum

Could Metasurfaces Be the Next Quantum Information Processors? – Quantum Insider, July 26, 2025

AI Comes Up with Bizarre Physics Experiments. But They Work. – Quantum Magazine, July 21, 2025

Quantum Leaps: Dual remarkable quantum breakthroughs bring promise to error correction and faster computing – Building Our Future, July 7, 2025

Export Controls Accelerate China’s Quantum Supply Chain – RUSI, June 27, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

This Was Supposed to Be the Year China Started Catching Up with SpaceX – NYTs, July 23, 2025

Has the Qianfan satellite network – China’s Starlink rival – run into trouble? – SCMP, July 23, 2025

Inside the race to find GPS alternatives – MIT Technology Review, June 6, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Donald Trump freezes export controls to secure trade deal with China – FT, July 28, 2025

Letter to Commerce Secretary Lutnick about Nvidia H20 Exports – Americans for Responsible Innovation, July 28, 2025

The surprise winner in the U.S.-China tech war? Vietnam’s chip industry – Rest of the World, July 28, 2025

How Does Semiconductor Trade Work? – AEI, July 25, 2025

Nvidia AI chips: repair demand booms in China for banned products – Reuters, July 25, 2025

Nvidia AI chips worth $1bn smuggled to China after Trump export controls – FT, July 24, 2025

The final chip challenge: Can China build its own ASML? – Nikkei Asia, July 16, 2025

Energy and Climate

What’s next for advanced nuclear technology? – Utility Dive, July 14, 2025

Unlocking Global Geothermal Energy: Pathways to Scaling International Deployment of Next-Generation Geothermal – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 10, 2025

Small Modular Reactors for Nuclear Desalination and Cogeneration in the Permian Basin – Baker Institute for Public Policy, May 7, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

The AI Action Plan Puts the US Back at the Helm of Global AI Leadership – Hodan Omaar, ITIF, July 25, 2025

The False Case for Cooperation with China – Rob Atkinson, In The Arena, July 25, 2025

America Will Come to Regret Selling A.I. Chips to China – Ben Buchanan, NYTs, July 24, 2025

Winning the AI Race is More Complicated Than You Think – Colin Kahl and Jim Mitre, Geopolitics of AGI, July 16, 2025

Ambassador Jamieson Greer Remarks at the Reindustrialize Summit in Detroit, Michigan – Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, July 16, 2025

Toward an Abundance National Security Agenda – Kathleen Hicks and Wendy Anderson, National Interest, July 15, 2025

Europe’s Innovation Lethargy Should Be a Lesson of What Not to Do, Even for a Leading US – Justin Riggi, ITIF, July 14, 2025

Trump unleashes US nuclear renaissance with bold executive orders – Michael Kratsios, Fox News, May 24, 2025

The Last Word

“AI will be 10 times bigger and maybe 10 times faster than the Industrial Revolution.”

– Demis Hassabis, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Co-Founder and CEO of Google DeepMind

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Krach Institute Convenes Capitol Hill Forum on Semiconductor Future

On July 21, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, in partnership with MediaTek, convened officials from the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Commerce, leaders from both chambers of Congress, and semiconductor industry giants for a strategic dialogue on strengthening U.S. and allied trusted tech leadership in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and other critical and emerging technologies.

The event featured remarks by Rep. John Moolenaar and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and Purdue President Dr. Mung Chiang, and included two panel discussions. One panel focused on strengthening U.S. semiconductor capabilities, with leaders from Intel, IBM, NVIDIA, and SEMI, and the other on building U.S. and allied resilience, with experts from MediaTek, ASML, SK Group, and Tokyo Electron. Discussions highlighted public-private partnerships, global collaboration, and workforce development.

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• Chairman Moolenaar Delivers Krach Institute Address on China Tech Competition – House Select Committee on the CCP, July 22, 2025

Michelle Giuda on Bloomberg TV: Tariffs are a Tool to Rebalance U.S. Trade Relations

In her conversation with Bloomberg anchor Caroline Hyde, Krach Institute CEO Michelle Guida explained why the U.S. must rebalance trade – not as an end in itself, but as a means to rebuild the critical industries and trusted technologies that will secure American leadership and define the future of the free world. On the challenge of filling the talent pipeline, Giuda said Purdue is doing its part, graduating more engineers than any other top university in the country, adding: “We need to incentivize the economic landscape and the trade landscape to help them flourish.”

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Top News of the Week - The Trump Administration Unveils a New AI Policy

The Trump Administration released America’s AI Action Plan to ensure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence. The plan aims to boost AI exports, accelerate data center expansion, cut red tape, and require government-contracted AI models to uphold free speech.

Key points:

• On Wednesday, President Trump announced a bold program of accelerating AI development and implementation across the U.S. economy and national security space.

• The AI Action Plan was issued in accordance with President Trump’s January executive order on Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI.

• The plan's three pillars: 1) Accelerating Innovation; 2) Building American AI Infrastructure; and 3) Leading in International Diplomacy and Security.

• The policy priorities include expanding global AI exports, fast-tracking data center and chip fab development, cutting federal regulations to spur innovation, and requiring government AI contractors to ensure model neutrality and free speech protections.

• The plan prioritizes open-source models in an attempt to prevent China from dominating that category.

More on Background:

• White House Unveils America’s AI Action Plan – White House, July 23, 2025

• Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan – White House, July 23, 2025

• Trump administration to supercharge AI sales to allies, loosen environmental rules – Reuters, July 23, 2025

• Trump on AI: "Whatever it takes" to lead the world – Axios, July 23, 2025

• The White House's plan for open models & AI research in the U.S. – Nathan Lambert, Interconnects, July 23, 2025

DIVE DEEPER: Visit the Tech Diplomacy Academy to understand the fundamentals of AI and the ethical and policy concerns surrounding this technology.

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Latest News

China Slaps Export Curbs on EV Battery Technology – WSJ, July 15, 2025

Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps – The Record, July 11, 2025

Russia allegedly field-testing deadly next-gen AI drone powered by Nvidia Jetson Orin — Ukrainian military official says Shahed MS001 is a 'digital predator' that identifies targets on its own – Tom’s Hardware, July 7, 2025

U.S. Fines Semiconductor Firm $4.25 Million for Illegal Huawei Shipments – Caixin Global, July 5, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

Zuckerberg Says Meta Will Build Gigawatt-Size Data Centers – Bloomberg, July 14, 2025

China's Hesai appeals US court ruling supporting blacklist inclusion – Nikkei Asia, July 14, 2025

China's Hesai loses lawsuit against US government for blacklisting – Reuters, July 11, 2025

VIDEO – National Security vs. Economic Gain: A Debate on US-China Export Policy – AEI, July 10, 2025

EU Rolls Out AI Code with Broad Copyright, Transparency Rules – Bloomberg, July 10, 2025

Full Stack: China's Evolving Industrial Policy for AI – RAND, June 26, 2025

Vietnam’s Digital Tax Policy – ITIF, June 9, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes – NYTs, July 14, 2025

Malaysia to Require Permits on Trade of High-End US AI Chips – Bloomberg, July 14, 2025

Startup Behind Manus AI Agent Shuts Down China Team – The Information, July 11, 2025

OpenAI Challenger Zhipu Said to Weigh Shifting IPO to Hong Kong – Bloomberg, July 11, 2025

The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy – NYTs, July 6, 2025

Regulating Artificial Intelligence: U.S. and International Approaches and Considerations for Congress – Congressional Research Service, June 4, 2025

Defense Officials Outline AI's Strategic Role in National Security – DoD, April 24, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

TikTok’s messy merger in Indonesia could be a preview of what’s to come in the U.S. – Rest of the World, July 14, 2025

TikTok Denies Report of Separate U.S. App That Could Pave Way for Sale – Caixin Global, July 14, 2025

Chinese Surveillance-Gear Maker Fights Canadian Ban – Caixin Global, July 8, 2025

TikTok Building New Version of App Ahead of Expected U.S. Sale – The Information, July 6, 2025

Trump Says He Will Start Talks with China on TikTok Deal – NYTs, July 5, 2025

US judge says China’s Huawei Technologies must face criminal case for racketeering and other charges – AP, July 2, 2025

Critical Minerals

America’s Biggest Rare-Earth Producer Makes a Play to End China’s Dominance – WSJ, July 15, 2025

MP Materials lands multi-billion Pentagon deal – Minning, July 10, 2025

Saskatchewan Research Council Scales Back Output Due to Construction Delays – Bloomberg, July 9, 2025

How US buyers of critical minerals bypass China's export ban – Reuters, July 9, 2025

Europe Needs Rare Earth Metals. Can a Factory in Seaside France Supply Them? – NYTs, July 8, 2025

China snaps up mines around the world in rush to secure resources – FT, July 7, 2025

China’s weaponisation of rare earths is a new kind of trade war – FT, July 7, 2025

China's rare earth export controls are good for Beijing, bad for business – Reuters, July 7, 2025

Mining boss calls for price support to challenge China’s critical minerals dominance – FT, July 6, 2025

China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained – NYTs, July 5, 2025

China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths – NYTs, July 5, 2025

How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon – Foreign Policy, July 1, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Chinese biotech shares surge as Big Pharma looks to license cancer treatments – FT, July 14, 2025

China Biotech’s Stunning Advance Is Changing the World’s Drug Pipeline – Bloomberg, July 13, 2025

Cyborg bees to be Chinese military scouts – The Telegraph, July 10, 2025

Quantum

Quantum-enhanced supercomputers are starting to do chemistry – New Scientist, July 4, 2025

“They Just Broke Physics”: Scientists Unveil Quantum Leap That Could Make Silicon Obsolete With 1,000× Faster Electronics – Sustainability Times, July 4, 2025

Singapore’s National Quantum Strategy Turns One – RSIS, June 30, 2025

Doha’s Quantum Threat – Tablet Magazine, June 30, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space – Ars Technica, July 8, 2025

China is making rapid space tech gains. Here’s how the military could use them – SCMP, July 7, 2025

Trump wants to ground China’s drones – but have they flown too high to reach? – SCMP, July 6, 2025

China’s Mysterious Ekranoplan Seen in Full for First Time – TWZ, July 5, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

China gives conditional nod to Synopsys-Ansys deal, removing last major hurdle – Reuters, July 14, 2025

Malaysia Controls AI Chip Exports as US Targets China Smuggling – Bloomberg, July 14, 2025

China Lags in Chip Lithography, Influential DC Think Tank Says – Bloomberg, July 14, 2025

US Plans AI Chip Curbs on Malaysia, Thailand Over China Concerns – Bloomberg, July 4, 2025

Chipmakers get larger tax credits in Trump’s latest ‘big beautiful bill’ – CNBC, July 2, 2025

Energy and Climate

China is building 74% of all current solar and wind projects, report says – FT, July 9, 2025

Trump’s Megabill Gives Chinese EV Makers a Leg Up, Says Head of Auto Group – WSJ, July 8, 2025

Dangerous mines: A death at the bottom of the EV supply chain – Rest of the World, July 8, 2025

China eyes steps to ease solar panel industry price war – Nikkei Asia, July 8, 2025

Elon Musk Is Running Out of Road in China – WSJ, July 6, 2025

Nissan to start shipping EVs from China in 2026 – Nikkei Asia, July 4, 2025

World’s first nuclear reactor producing 200 tons of hydrogen daily launched in US – Interesting Engineering, July 2, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

The coming rare earths war – Helen Thompson, Unherd, July 14, 2025

A band of innovators reimagines the spy game for a world with no cover – David Ignatius, WaPo, July 10, 2025

US Antitrust as an Anti-Competitiveness Weapon – Rob Atkinson, ITIF, July 8, 2025

The AI backlash scares the hell out of me: Why do we always snuff out progress just as it gets going? – Danny Crichton, Riskgaming, July 8, 2025

A Fossil-Fuel Boom in the Americas – Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, July 7, 2025

Beijing wants America to depend on China. Here’s how to fight back. – Rahm Emanuel, WaPo, July 6, 2025

Humanoid Robots Need to Avoid Chinese Domination – Thomas Black, Bloomberg, June 30, 2025

The Last Word

“From this day forward it’ll be a policy of the United States to do whatever it takes to lead the world in artificial intelligence.”

– President Trump at the unveiling of America’s AI Action Plan

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Michelle Giuda Discusses How AI Is Reshaping Modern Warfare on CNBC

In this conversation with CNBC Squawk Box, Krach Institute CEO Michelle Giuda talks about Iran and how AI is transforming the way wars are fought – not just on the battlefield, but across the commercial, financial and information domains – and why building an America-led trusted tech stack with our allies is now a national security imperative.

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Krach Institute Hosts Trusted Tech Roundtable with African Diplomats

On June 17, the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue partnered with Year of Return Africa (YORA) to convene senior African diplomats from 12 countries, U.S. government officials, technology leaders, academics from Purdue University and African schools, and private sector executives for a high-level roundtable on advancing trusted technology and economic partnerships across Africa. The participants discussed growing the middle class on the continent, expanding digital infrastructure, reducing bureaucratic hurdles, enhancing financial mechanisms, mitigating risks, and accelerating workforce development.

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Top News of the Week - A New Era of Supersonic Flight?

On June 6, President Trump directed the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to repeal the prohibition put in place in 1973 on overland supersonic flight in the United States. This 52-year ban undermined commercial efforts to develop a more advanced commercial aerospace industry and came two years after Congress scrapped the Supersonic Transport (SST) program in 1971.

Key Points:

• In 1971, two years after the passage of NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act), Congress canceled funding of the Supersonic Transport (SST) program. By 1973, with concerns over noise pollution, President Nixon directed the FAA to prohibit supersonic flight over the United States.

• That regulation has made it difficult for companies with advanced designs for supersonic commercial aircraft to get funding and start production.

• For years, NASA has pushed to repeal the ban on supersonic flight over land in the United States to spur the development of “low boom” jets.

• It now appears that there are several companies ready to move forward with supersonic commercial aircraft which could see passengers flying from New York to Los Angeles in as little as two hours, less than half the time current commercial airliners take to fly that route.

• By 2030, the United States may have commercial airliners flying between Mach 1.3 and 1.7. United Airlines, American Airlines, and Japan Airlines have placed orders with Boom Supersonic at its Greensboro, North Carolina factory for their Overture passenger jet.

More on Background:

• Leading The World in Supersonic Flight – The White House, June 6, 2025

• United Airlines to Benefit as US Lifts Ban on Overland Supersonic Flights – Simple Flying, June 10, 2025

• 52-year Ban on Supersonic Flight Over U.S. to Be Lifted – Airways, June 7, 2025

• Supersonic air travel gets green light in U.S. after 50-year ban lifted – Fast Company, June 6, 2025

• Breaking the Sound Barrier—Again – Boom Supersonics, June 6, 2025

Latest News

Google and U.S. Experts Join on A.I. Hurricane Forecasts – NYTs, June 12, 2025

The Army’s Newest Recruits: Tech Execs from Meta, OpenAI and More – WSJ, June 13, 2025

Clock Ticks as U.S. and China Try to Undo Devastating Trade Curbs – NYTs, June 10, 2025

The Silicon State – The Wire China, June 8, 2025

Trump Planning to Extend TikTok Deadline—Again – WSJ, June 6, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

Japan, Netherlands' chip exports to China foil US policy: official – Nikkei Asia, June 13, 2025

Walmart and Amazon Are Exploring Issuing Their Own Stablecoins – WSJ, June 13, 2025

Countering AI Chip Smuggling Has Become a National Security Priority – CNAS, June 11, 2025

UK ministers delay AI regulation amid plans for more ‘comprehensive’ bill – The Guardian, June 7, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

AI Companies Should Be Wary of Gulf Spending Spree – WSJ, June 16, 2025

A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally. – NYTs, June 16, 2025

China Uses Artificial Intelligence to Eliminate References to the Tiananmen Square Massacre – Bitter Winter, June 12, 2025

Inside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI – MIT Technology Review, June 11, 2025

Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China – MIT Technology Review, June 5, 2025

How Alibaba Helped China Take the Lead From the U.S. in Open-Source AI – The Information, June 3, 2025

China is gaining ground in the global race to develop AI agents – Rest of the World, June 1, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

Frequent TikTok users in Taiwan more likely to agree with pro-China narratives, study finds – The Guardian, June 6, 2025

China’s Hainan offers global internet access to some to boost free-trade port ambitions – SCMP, June 5, 2025

How Telstra’s new satellite-to-mobile messaging lets you text using Starlink – Sydney Morning Herald, June 3, 2025

Critical Minerals

China’s Chokehold on This Obscure Mineral Threatens the West’s Militaries – NYTs, June 9, 2025

Minerals for Recognition: The Taliban’s Shadow Diplomacy – Geopolitical Monitor, June 6, 2025

Trump set to waive some legal requirements to boost critical minerals – Reuters, June 4, 2025

Global alarms rise as China's critical mineral export ban takes hold – Reuters, June 3, 2025

How dependent is America’s arsenal on China’s critical mineral supply? – SCMP, June 2, 2025

How to break China’s stranglehold on critical minerals – FT, June 2, 2025

China’s Rare Earths Grip Gives Xi Leverage in US Trade Duel – Bloomberg, June 2, 2025

Synthetic Biology

Fauna Bio Unveils Fauna Brain™ AI Platform to Accelerate Drug Discovery Inspired by Nature’s Most Resilient Species‍ - SynBioBeta, June 16, 2025

American biotech dominance under threat – Boston Globe, June 16, 2025

Ethical Challenges and Concerns in Synthetic Biology – Baker Institute, June 6, 2025

Why Synthetic Biology Could Define Our Century – SynBioBeta, April 30, 2025

Quantum

U.S.-Allied Militaries Must Prepare for the Quantum Threat to Cryptography – RAND, June 6, 2025

Quantum firm Infleqtion raises $100 million, pairs with SAIC for defense sales – Reuters, June 2, 2025

China targets chip, quantum advances with 2030 metrology action plan in tech race with US – SCMP, June 2, 2025

Quantum computing startup wants to launch a 1000-qubit machine by 2031 that could make the traditional HPC market obsolete – Tech Radar, June 1, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Weak Aircraft Innovation Undercutting Aviation’s Green Transition – Clean Technica, June 12, 2025

China’s sixth-gen fighters: fresh photos hint at cruising capacity and drone control – SCMP, June 9, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Taiwan bans chip exports to Huawei, SMIC — ban comes after Huawei tricked TSMC into making two million AI processors despite US restrictions – Tom’s Hardware, June 15, 2025

Taiwan chip titan TSMC opens joint lab with University of Tokyo – Nikkei Asia, June 12, 2025

Arm CEO Sides With Nvidia Against US Export Limits on China – Bloomberg, June 12, 2025

Nvidia will stop including China in its forecasts amid US chip export controls, CEO says – CNN, June 12, 2025

Nvidia’s Biggest Chinese Rival Huawei Struggles to Win at Home – The Information, June 5, 2025

How the Maker of the ‘Most Complex Machine Humans Ever Created’ Is Navigating Trade Fights – NYTs, June 5, 2025

Energy and Climate

Silent risk to net-zero commitment: climate policy meets national security – The Strategist, June 13, 2025

The Audacious Reboot of America’s Nuclear Energy Program – WSJ, June 11, 2025

China’s solar PV makers seek antidote to market ills as glut, price war, Trump tariffs sting – SCMP, June 10, 2025

US suspends licenses to ship nuclear plant parts to China, sources say – Reuters, June 6, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

A Surprising Partner Can Answer America’s Trusted Tech Supply Chain Problem – Matt Vuckov, semi.org, June 17, 2025

The West has forgotten the art of strategy China and Russia are the new grandmasters – Wolfgang Manchau, Unherd, June 16, 2025

The U.S. Can Rise to the Chinese Challenge – Robert Gates, WSJ, June 13, 2025

How the United States Can Win the Global Tech Race – Vivek Chilukuri, Foreign Policy, June 9, 2025

No, AI Robots Won’t Take All Our Jobs: Instead, they will boost productivity, lower prices and spur the evolution of the labor market. – Robert Atkinson, WSJ, June 5, 2025

Apple’s Supply Chain: Economic and Geopolitical Implications – Chris Miller and Vishnu Venugopalan, AEI, June 03, 2025

The Last Word

“69 % [of tech leaders] plan to expand their teams because of GenAI.”

— Anjali Shaikh, Deloitte, highlighting how AI adoption is fueling hiring and evolving job skill sets 

About: Tech Diplomacy Now

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader of the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies, and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.

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Tech Diplomacy Takes Center Stage: Krach Institute Leads the Dialogue at SCSP AI+ Expo

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue played a prominent role at the Special Competitive Studies Project AI+ Expo in Washington, DC. Michelle Giuda, Krach Institute CEO, sat down with Congressman John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, as he announced his America First AI Policy. The Institute also hosted a panel, “Winning the 21st Century Through Tech Diplomacy,” featuring Ron Ash, CEO and Chairman of Accenture Federal Services, Rear Admiral Michael Baker, Associate Director for Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Dr. Cassandra Lewis, Provost, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, Minister Kosei Nomura, Head of Economic Section, Embassy of Japan, and moderated by Dr. Sorin Matei, Associate Dean of Research, Purdue University.

We discussed the imperative for the United States to shape the future of global technology leadership, rather than respond to China. Equipping public- and private-sector leaders at the intersection of technology, business, policy and global commerce is essential to that goal.

The Krach Institute’s Tech Diplomacy Academy was created to meet this challenge.

Krach Institute Renews Strategic Partnership with Guidehouse

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue announced the renewal of our strategic partnership with Guidehouse—a global leader in technology, data, and innovation. This collaboration will accelerate the adoption of trusted technology in national security, advance global tech diplomacy and equip policymakers, innovators and allies with the tools they need to lead in the new tech age. Read the full announcement.

As part of the partnership, the Krach Institute and Guidehouse brought together public- and private-sector leaders to map out “Tech Diplomacy 2040: Roadmap for Global Tech Leadership.” The clear takeaway: in a rapidly changing world, tech diplomacy must be grounded in trust, cross-sector collaboration, and coordinated global effort.

Top News of the Week – The Chances of Federal AI Regulation

On May 19, President Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” into law. This bipartisan legislation imposes stricter penalties for distributing non-consensual intimate imagery, as well as deepfakes created by artificial intelligence. This piece of legislation, as well as the December 2024 bipartisan report from the House of Representatives on Artificial Intelligence, provides a potential road map for future federal regulation on artificial intelligence.

Key Points:

• After years of concern over artificial intelligence, and efforts by states to enact their own laws, Congress may be on the verge of adopting federal guardrails on AI. The recent passage of the Take It Down Act provides some clues on how this might happen.

• Based on the House AI Task Force Report, Congress could pursue sectoral regulations and guidelines for AI across areas like Agriculture, Healthcare, Financial Services, and Intellectual Property.

• Some members of the House of Representatives are advocating a 10-year moratorium on state and local AI regulations to give time for Congress to create nationwide rules rather than harming the industry by having to conform to different or contradictory rules in subnational jurisdictions.

More on Background:

• Fragmented AI Laws Will Slow Federal IT Modernization in the US – ITIF, May 30, 2025

• GOP push to ban state AI laws ignites debate: What to know – The Hill, May 28, 2025

• Congress begins considering first federal AI regulations – Kansas Reflector, May 26, 2025

• A bid to bar states from regulating AI is getting pushback – WaPo, May 22, 2025

• House GOP eyes moratorium on state AI laws – WaPo, May 13, 2025

• US state-by-state AI legislation snapshot – BLCP Law, May 2025

• Bipartisan House Task Force Report on Artificial Intelligence – U.S. House of Representatives, December 2024

DIVE DEEPER: Visit the Tech Diplomacy Academy to understand the fundamentals of AI and the ethical and policy concerns surrounding this technology.

Learn more.

Latest News

Ukraine Says It Destroyed Dozens of Warplanes Deep Inside Russia – WSJ, June 1, 2025

US Plans Wider China Tech Sanctions with Subsidiary Crackdown – Bloomberg, May 30, 2025

Synopsys halts China sales due to US export restrictions, internal memo shows – Reuters, May 30, 2025

TSMC Evaluates Building Advanced Chip Plant in the UAE – Bloomberg, May 30, 2025

Trump Makes a New Push to ‘Decouple’ U.S. From China – NYTs, May 29, 2025

Anduril and Meta Team Up to Transform XR for the American Military – May 29, 2025

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son floats idea of US-Japan sovereign wealth fund – FT, May 25, 2025

Technology Strategy and Policy

Chinese spying on Dutch industries 'intensifying': Dutch defence minister – Reuters, May 31, 2025

America Let Its Military-Industrial Might Wither. China’s Is Booming. – WSJ, May 29, 2025

U.S. Ships Championed by Trump Cost 5 Times as Much as Asian Ones – NYTs, May 27, 2025

Options for Strengthening the Use of Defense Production Act Title VII – AIRC, May 22, 2025

U.S. Lawmakers Call for Probe into Chinese EV-Charging Startup – WSJ, May 20, 2025

How we made it: will China be the first electrostate? – FT, May 20, 2025

The Tech Industry Is Huge—and Europe’s Share of It Is Very Small – WSJ, May 19, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek pushes US rivals with R1 model upgrade – Reuters, May 29, 2025

Chinese tech groups prepare for AI future without Nvidia – FT, May 29, 2025

Nvidia to launch cheaper Blackwell AI chip for China after US export curbs, sources say – Reuters, May 26, 2025

What the Era of ‘Sovereign AI’ Means for Chip Makers – WSJ, May 23, 2025

AI reveals Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously thought – Archaeology News, June 7, 2025

Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure

An unknown individual pretended to be Susie Wiles in calls and texts to prominent Republicans and business executives – WSJ, May 29, 2025

Strengthening Undersea Cable Resilience in The Indo-Pacific – RSIS, May 23, 2025

Malaysia Downplays Huawei Deal as US Checks China’s AI Reach – Bloomberg, May 20, 2025

Critical Minerals

U.S. Dependence on China for Rare Earth Magnets Is Causing Shortages – NYTs, June 2, 2025

The West is recycling rare earths to escape China’s grip — but it’s not enough – CBNC, May 28, 2025

China Has Special Access to Rare Earths — From Myanmar – Bloomberg, May 25, 2025

Bridging Security Futures: Why Critical Minerals Matter for Southeast Asia – RSIS, May 23, 2025

How critical minerals became Beijing’s ultimate trump card in US-China trade war – SCMP, May 20, 2025

Synthetic Biology

The Dawning Age of Biotechnology – Signal, June 2, 2025

Forget Factory Farms: French Startup Gourmey Makes Cultivated Foie Gras for $3.43/lb – SynBioBeta, May 28, 2025

Biotechnology company Regeneron buying 23andMe for $256 million – Associated Press, May 19, 2025

Charting the Future of Biotechnology: An action plan for American security and prosperity – National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, April 2025

Quantum

Finland to Lead EU Quantum Defense Project Targeting Battlefield Applications – Quantum Insider, June 2, 2025

Is a quantum-cryptography apocalypse imminent? – The Conversation, June 2, 2025

Atomic Advantage: Accelerating U.S. Quantum Sensing for Next-Generation Positioning, Navigation, and Timing – CNAS, May 28, 2025

India Opens New Quantum Research Center to Boost Defense Capabilities – Quantum Insider, May 28, 2025

U.S. Defense Intelligence Flags Rivals’ Growing Military Use of Quantum Tech – Quantum Insider, May 27, 2025

China Telecom Launches Hybrid Quantum-Safe Encryption System, Completes 1,000-Kilometer Secure Call – Quantum Insider, May 20, 2025

Advanced Aerospace Technology

Should You Worry About Falling Space Debris? We Asked the Experts. – WSJ, June 1, 2025

Trump orders could end Chinese drone sales in the U.S. – WaPo, May 31, 2025

Giant 'white streak' appears over multiple US states as Chinese rocket dumps experimental fuel in space – Live Science, May 21, 2025

Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Why Nvidia Can’t Just Quit China: Despite booming demand elsewhere, growth would still be hindered without world’s second-largest economy – WSJ, June 2, 2025

DRAM prices have jumped by 20% for the second month in a row — surging demand is likely due to stockpiling – Tom’s Hardware, May 30, 2025

US wins if DeepSeek runs on American AI chips, Nvidia CEO says – Nikkei Asia, May 29, 2025

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Is Now a Geopolitical Superstar. It Comes with Risks. – WSJ, May 20, 2025

Energy and Climate

Fusion and China’s Quest for Energy Independence – IGCC, May 27, 2025

The Spain Power Outage: Lessons for Countries Switching to Clean Energy – RSIS, May 27, 2025

Tax Bill to End US Reliance on China Solar Will Slow Green Shift – Bloomberg, May 27, 2025

Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry – NYTs, May 26, 2025

Chinese solar billionaire steps back as industry turmoil deepens – FT, May 26, 2025

Opinion and Commentary

AI Is Learning to Escape Human Control: Models rewrite code to avoid being shut down. That’s why ‘alignment’ is a matter of such urgency.

Judd Rosenblatt, Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2025

Short-Circuited: How Semiconductor Tariffs Would Harm the U.S. Economy and Digital Industry Leadership – Stephen Ezell, Trelysa Long, and Meghan Ostertag, ITIF, May 21, 2025

Nvidia’s Middle East expansion is a bet against China – Harry Clynch, Unherd, May 20, 2025

The Last Word

“Scope, scale, speed, range of information is going to be the decision changer in the 21st century.”

– Rear Admiral Michael Baker, Associate Director for Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, at the Krach Institute panel discussion at the Special Competitive Studies Project AI+ Expo

About: Tech Diplomacy Now

The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader of the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technology expertise, Silicon Valley strategies, and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network of governments, companies, organizations and individuals to accelerate the innovation and adoption of trusted technology and ensure technology advances freedom.