Weaponizing AI Supply Chains: Washington’s Pax Silica Initiative Launches New Economic Warfare Front
On December 12, 2025, Washington launched Pax Silica, a strategic US-led initiative designed to secure the “silicon supply chain” and counter China’s dominance in the AI economy. Described by Under Secretary Jacob Helberg as the “G7 of the AI age,” the pact treats computing power and critical minerals as the strategic equivalents of 20th-century oil and steel.
Tech Giants Inadvertently Facilitate Terrorist Groups’ Artificial Intelligence Capabilities
In 2025, security assessments have highlighted a “paradigm shift” as extremist groups move from passive technology use to the active integration of Generative AI for propaganda, recruitment, and attack planning.
Restraint Foreign Policy in 2025: Five Successes and Five Failures
In 2025, the “America First” foreign policy yielded a contradictory scorecard of five successes and five failures. While the administration successfully pivoted toward a more realistic National Security Strategy and engaged in pragmatic diplomacy with Russia, Belarus, and the Houthis, it simultaneously stumbled into escalatory patterns in Iran, Venezuela, and Syria.
Europe’s Real Existential Crisis: Technological Backwardness, Not Immigration
Europe faces a severe existential crisis driven by technological and economic stagnation. Since 2008, the EU’s GDP per capita has plummeted from 76.5% to just 50% of US levels. With fragmented regulations and minimal venture capital, Europe risks irreversible decline unless it prioritizes structural innovation over cultural politics.