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AI Access Is Not Enough: Middle Powers Need Strategic Reserves

AI Access Is Not Enough: Middle Powers Need Strategic Reserves

Most governments have no plan for when access to frontier AI is cut off.
Kasia Jakimowicz
April 28, 2026
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5 min
The Window Is Closing for the EU AI Act to Have a Brussels Effect

The Window Is Closing for the EU AI Act to Have a Brussels Effect

The sooner the EU clearly specifies its AI rules, the more likely they are to shape global behavior.
Joel Christoph
April 9, 2026
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5 min
Dutch Export Controls Don’t Go Far Enough on China

Dutch Export Controls Don’t Go Far Enough on China

The Netherlands can do more to prevent ASML technology from undermining its own national security.
Michelle Nie
April 1, 2026
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6 min
Deepfake Policy Is Focused on the Wrong End of the Problem

Deepfake Policy Is Focused on the Wrong End of the Problem

Efforts to detect and label deepfakes are fighting a losing battle.
Muhammad Irfan
March 30, 2026
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5 min
How the US plans to dominate global AI infrastructure

How the US plans to dominate global AI infrastructure

An explainer on the American AI Exports Program
Parul Wadhawan
March 11, 2026
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5 min
Leveraging Gulf AI Ambitions for US Strategic Objectives

Leveraging Gulf AI Ambitions for US Strategic Objectives

If the US doesn't engage strategically with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, China will fill the gap.
Kristina Fort
February 9, 2026
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7 min
Racing, Regulating, and Reckoning with Transformative AI

Racing, Regulating, and Reckoning with Transformative AI

10 articles that set the tone for AI policy in 2025
Nicky Lovegrove
February 6, 2026
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10 min
Building Self-Aware AI Would Be a Bad Idea

Building Self-Aware AI Would Be a Bad Idea

AI models already show early signs of self-awareness. Allowing such capabilities to develop further poses risks we're not ready for.
Chris Ackerman
January 21, 2026
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7 min
AI Safety Needs a Shared Playbook—Before It’s Too Late

AI Safety Needs a Shared Playbook—Before It’s Too Late

Without standardized AI risk evaluations, we risk missing early warning signs. A shared framework is urgently needed.
Joseph Kwon
May 28, 2025
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9 min
Bargaining Chips: Could the EU Leverage ASML to Influence U.S. AI Policy?

Bargaining Chips: Could the EU Leverage ASML to Influence U.S. AI Policy?

ASML's monopoly on advanced chip-making machines gives the EU rare leverage over global AI development. Using it would mean accepting major costs.
Alina Hueber
November 10, 2025
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7 min
We Should Not Allow Powerful AI to Be Trained in Secret: The Case for Increased Public Transparency

We Should Not Allow Powerful AI to Be Trained in Secret: The Case for Increased Public Transparency

Powerful AI systems approaching human-level intelligence (AGI) may arrive within years, but current secrecy in corporate and government labs risks catastrophic misalignment or authoritarian control. To mitigate these risks, enforceable transparency measures are needed to ensure AGI development is not left to a small, unaccountable elite.
Daniel Kokotajlo
May 27, 2025
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10 min
Legal Zero-Days: A Blind Spot in AI Risk Assessment

Legal Zero-Days: A Blind Spot in AI Risk Assessment

AI models are developing the ability to discover unforeseen gaps in legal frameworks, with the potential to paralyze government operations. We need to start evaluating for such capabilities now.
Nathan Sherburn
October 27, 2025
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5 min
Middle Powers Can Gain AI Influence Without Building the Next ChatGPT

Middle Powers Can Gain AI Influence Without Building the Next ChatGPT

Countries like Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Germany are shaping AI governance through infrastructure investment, standard-setting, and partnerships with like-minded nations.
Dr. Merve Ayyüce KIZRAK
October 9, 2025
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6 min
It’s Too Hard for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses to Comply With the EU AI Act: Here’s What to Do

It’s Too Hard for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses to Comply With the EU AI Act: Here’s What to Do

The EU AI Act sets a global benchmark for responsible AI, but its complex requirements risk sidelining small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that lack the resources of larger firms. With the right policy tweaks, Europe can keep its AI ecosystem competitive, diverse, and open to businesses of all sizes.
Gideon Abako
May 19, 2025
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12 min
U.S. States and Cities Are Shaping the Future of AI Infrastructure

U.S. States and Cities Are Shaping the Future of AI Infrastructure

The U.S. AI data center boom is increasingly colliding with local opposition. Better coordination between federal, state, and local governments could help keep the lights on for America's AI ambitions.
Mac Milin Kiran
September 17, 2025
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7 min
What the UK Can Learn from California's Frontier AI Regulation Battle

What the UK Can Learn from California's Frontier AI Regulation Battle

Youth-led insights on balancing innovation, safety, and transparency in emerging tech policy debates.
Jacob Schaal
May 14, 2025
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13 min
Securing Remote External GPAI Evaluations

Securing Remote External GPAI Evaluations

Independent, secure third-party evaluations are emerging as a critical step for safeguarding for powerful general-purpose AI systems. These new technical and regulatory pathways for external evaluations beyond black-box testing can help policymakers and industry leaders keep AI innovations transparent, trustworthy, and aligned with public interests.
Alejandro Tlaie
May 12, 2025
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10 min
Strengthening Cybersecurity of Frontier AI Model Companies and Their Supply Chains via DoD Procurement

Strengthening Cybersecurity of Frontier AI Model Companies and Their Supply Chains via DoD Procurement

If the Department of Defense makes strong cybersecurity a prerequisite for AI-related contracts, it could drive widespread adoption of best practices across frontier model companies and their supply chains.
Kathrin Gardhouse
May 6, 2025
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17 min
Book Review: “The Scaling Era” as a State of Mind

Book Review: “The Scaling Era” as a State of Mind

How AI's "bigger is better" dogma became trillion-dollar orthodoxy in an era of rapid capability growth.
Elana Banin
June 5, 2025
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10 min
Dean Ball Joins the Trump Administration as Senior Policy Advisor for AI & Emerging Tech

Dean Ball Joins the Trump Administration as Senior Policy Advisor for AI & Emerging Tech

From incisive blog posts to the West Wing—Dean Ball brings a steady hand to AI policy as he joins the White House.
Noah Knapp
April 25, 2025
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3 min
Mutual Sabotage of AI Probably Won’t Work

Mutual Sabotage of AI Probably Won’t Work

A race for superintelligent AI could spark geopolitical crises, but nuclear deterrence is not a sound analogy.
Peter Wildeford
April 22, 2025
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12 min
AI Safety Can't Go On Like This

AI Safety Can't Go On Like This

The AI safety movement struggles to maintain its position on 2025’s political map, as the old model no longer works. On the strategic bind, and a way forward.
Anton Leicht
March 10, 2025
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12 min
AI Chip Smuggling Is the Default, Not the Exception

AI Chip Smuggling Is the Default, Not the Exception

If the US is serious about outcompeting China in AI, it needs to strengthen, not weaken, its AI chip export regime.
Erich Grunewald
March 3, 2025
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12 min
The Fight Over Standards in the Chemical Industry - a Chain Reaction?

The Fight Over Standards in the Chemical Industry - a Chain Reaction?

What the emergence and evolution of safety standards in the chemical industry can teach us about AI Governance.
Moritz von Knebel
February 27, 2025
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13 min
Governments Need to Protect AI Industry Whistleblowers: Here's How

Governments Need to Protect AI Industry Whistleblowers: Here's How

Whistleblowers take great personal risks to expose misconduct. In the AI industry, ordinary protections won’t be enough.
Michelle Nie
February 24, 2025
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12 min
Making the Case: How Can We Know When AI is Safe?

Making the Case: How Can We Know When AI is Safe?

Safety cases have protected aviation and nuclear industries for decades. Here's how we can apply them to frontier AI systems.
Philip Fox
August 6, 2025
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9 min
Transparency and Security: A Framework for Information-Sharing Among AI Safety and Security Institutes

Transparency and Security: A Framework for Information-Sharing Among AI Safety and Security Institutes

The UK and the US stand out as countries with frontier AI companies in their jurisdictions, and thus, more (indirect) access to information about AI development.
Lara Thurnherr
February 19, 2025
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10 min
AI Companies’ Safety Research Leaves Important Gaps. Governments and Philanthropists Should Fill Them.

AI Companies’ Safety Research Leaves Important Gaps. Governments and Philanthropists Should Fill Them.

AGI companies are performing technical research to reduce hazards, but their efforts are concentrated in just a few main areas.
Oscar Delaney
February 17, 2025
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12 min
Nationalization, AI Security, and Open Source: The Most Influential AI Governance Articles in 2024

Nationalization, AI Security, and Open Source: The Most Influential AI Governance Articles in 2024

A taste of what's to come on the AI Policy Bulletin.
Kristina Fort
January 29, 2025
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