Alignment Check: How Korea Imperils the Alliance’s Approach to China
October 29, 2026The US-South Korean alliance has been drawing attention lately from the likes of the US government, including the House Select Committee for China, based on Seoul's embrace of Beijing. The US needs South Korea for Washington's reindustrialization campaign; but, Washington also needs Seoul to adjust its anti-trust campaigns, AI regulations, and, most importantly, ties with China.
Help Wanted: The Tech Fight with China Requires Skilled Tradesmen
June 9, 2026China poses a generational threat to the United States and the US-backed international order. And Beijing sees the dawn of an AI era as an opportunity to overtake [...]
a/symmetric: Measuring the resilience of AI industrial chains
July 8, 2024Import dependence is only one measure of countries’ relative strengths and weaknesses in AI.
To make US manufacturing more competitive, power people and machines
July 8, 2024How America navigates its current manufacturing boom and leverages it to boost competitiveness and productivity is a central question of our current moment. The right technology can help us figure out the answers.
a/symmetric: China’s game plan for the AI race
December 29, 2023Looking beyond chatbots to take stock of China’s AI ambitions and strategy
