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An LED-like lighted board that looks like an electronic stock market ticker board shows the menu at AGI Bar in Beijing's Zhongguancun district.

Amid the Open-Source AI Debate, America Needs a New Theory of Technological Power

As the U.S. and China compete on AI, concepts such as export controls can no longer determine who leads in that or across a range of other emerging technology.
a smartphone displays the Kimi K3 logo in front of a screen showing an enlarged Moonshot AI symbol.

Test, Standardize, Restrict: A U.S. Policy for Chinese AI Models

Neither banning Chinese advanced AI models nor ignoring their risks to national security will serve American interests.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC.

Convening Before the Crisis: The Case for a Standing Public-Private National Security Forum

Congress should build a durable private-public standing forum in the next National Defense Authorization Act.

“In Focus” Syllabus Supplements: Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, and National Security (2025–2026)

This syllabus supplement offers curated articles intended to be combined with traditional casebooks in a law or higher ed classroom.
A building belonging to DAMAC, a Dubai-based luxury real estate developer founded in 2002 by businessman Hussain Sajwani, is seen in Dubai on June 4, 2026.

The Trump Administration Throws Gulf AI a Lifeline

The Trump administration significantly relaxed AI export controls on the UAE, and it's unclear what the United States got in return.
Travelers walk past an advertisement for Doubao, ByteDance's AI assistant platform, displayed alongside Volcano Engine, the company's cloud and AI service brand, inside Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on May 16, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

China’s First AI Companion Rules Draw a New Line Between Tools and Relationships

China's new rules limiting the use of A.I. companion systems reveal a gap in how the United States regulates A.I. chatbots.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney standing near a row of Canadian flags.

A Rule-of-Law Model for Governing AI Risks: The Global Significance of Canada’s New AI Strategy

Other middle powers should emulate Canada’s focus on the rule of law as a central principle of A.I. governance.
Security cameras are seen in the foreground as the United States national flag flies at the U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou on July 14, 2026, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.

AI and Warrantless Foreign Intelligence Surveillance

The use of LLMs for foreign intelligence surveillance erodes the rules put in place to safeguard Americans' civil liberties.
This photograph shows a handheld smartphone displaying the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including LLMs, chatbots and generative AI, with logos (from L) of Proton AG's Lumo, Meta AI, Mistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat), xAI's Grok, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, Perplexity, Deepseek, OpenAI's Chat GPT, Google's Notebook LLM and generative AI music app Suno, in Saint-Mande, east of Paris, on July 15, 2026.

AI and the Commercial Data Loophole

The Pentagon’s new deals to deploy commercial LLMs on its classified networks provide it with a powerful surveillance capability that could be turned on Americans.
A giant gray rectangular warehouse-like building, with some green-roof areas, is ringed by internal roads and flanked on the left by smaller accessory buildings, all surrounded on at least three sides by forest.

It Takes More Than Two to Tango: Creating Effective Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

The U.S. needs to lead a new export control regime -- coordinating with its partners and allies -- to constrain China’s ability to produce advanced and foundational chips.
Vizgard display their FortifAI visual autonomy software during the Space Autonomy, Drone X, AGV And UMV Expo at ExCel London on September 30, 2025, in London, England.

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Geopolitics of Software Supply Chains

Software ecosystems are strategic infrastructure, yet they remain almost invisible within national security risk assessments.
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Legal Considerations Related to the Anthropic “Export Controls Directive”

"The breadth of the order issued with respect to the Anthropic models is unprecedented."
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