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The New AI Arms Race

The rivalry between Waico and Pax Silica shows that future security will depend less on missiles than on control of chips, data and computing infrastructure

Published on August 1, 2026


The New AI Arms Race

For decades, international security was measured by the size of military arsenals, the range of ballistic missiles and the number of aircraft carriers. Today, a new strategic race is reshaping that balance. The center of competition is no longer defined solely by conventional military power, but increasingly by a less visible and potentially more decisive asset: Artificial Intelligence (AI). The rivalry between the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative and China's Waico marks a...

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