3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (188+ words) Commentary by Joseph Damond Published September 10, 2026 Also counterintuitively, the 2026 export surge from Vietnam cannot be motivated by a desire to avoid tariffs from China. The reason: All of these electronics products are exempted from the Trump administration tariffs applied in…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (146+ words) Commentary by Aman Thakker Published September 9, 2026 However, these are defensive responses to a problem that needs a competitive one. Punitive measures do not eliminate the demand that made capable, flexible, and cheap open-weight models attractive in the first place. Nor…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (933+ words) Critical Questions by Jerry McGinn and Oliver Buntin Published September 8, 2026 As it currently stands, the new SBA standards are a proposal. The agency is seeking comments from businesses and the public through September 21, which will help determine the new standards…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1051+ words) Brief by Di Cooke Published September 8, 2026 As of 2026, AI sits among the priority growth subsectors named in the United Kingdom’s largest sustained defense spending increase since the Cold War. AI procurement is hampered by two sources of friction: the technical…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (600+ words) Report by Philip Luck, Richard Gray, and Justin Hu Published September 8, 2026 The record on existing instruments shows that central bank payment initiatives require each component to be part of a holistic strategy, with greater adoption allowing payment systems to have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1392+ words) Report by Gregory C. Allen Published September 4, 2026 None of these steps requires importing the European compliance model or the Chinese state-carrier model. Together, they would convert insurance from an accidental brake on American AI adoption into what insurance has historically been…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (151+ words) Commentary by Kathryn Paik and John Augé Published September 3, 2026 While the existence of minerals on the seabed floor has been well known for years, technological advances and increased urgency over securing essential minerals have given the topic renewed prominence in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (273+ words) The Implications of the Hormuz Energy Crisis in China CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies The Implications of the Hormuz Energy Crisis in China Brought to you by Energy Security and Climate Change Program The Hormuz energy crisis has…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (978+ words) Pakistan’s dependence on Qatar for LNG has left it vulnerable to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the shutdown of Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG export terminal, forcing it to turn to diplomacy with Iran to secure the passage…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (156+ words) Commentary by Hunter Marston Published August 26, 2026 At the center of the announcement was a new semiconductor partnership, under which Washington pledged $2 million in seed funding to help build resilient chip supply chains and expand Vietnamese manufacturing capacity. The joint readout…...