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Geopolitics

The Chip Gambit: How Short-Term Profit Undermines Long-Term Strategy in the AI Race

US President Donald Trump has approved Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to approved customers in China with the US receiving a 25% revenue cut, marking another swing in export control policy. This shortsighted decision dangerously undermines America's AI advantage while fueling China's technological ascent, revealing how Western greed consistently sacrifices long-term strategic interests for immediate financial gain.

Geopolitics

Digital Colonialism Rebooted: The US AI Embargo and Africa's Vulnerability

The US government unilaterally suspended global access to Anthropic's top AI models for over two weeks, exposing the profound vulnerability of the world, particularly the Global South, to a single nation's security dictates. This blatant act of technological imperialism reveals the West's true goal: not global progress, but the maintenance of a digital neo-colonial order where they alone control the commanding heights of the future.