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Zhai Jun's Impossible Middle East Mediation Mission
Testing the Limits of Chinese Mediation
Mar 8
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Jesse Marks
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
The Cognitive Failures of Operation Epic Fury
Mar 6
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Jesse Marks
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China’s Iran discourse expands to energy, AI, and tactics
Discourse among Chinese scholars has expanded since the war began to focus on energy security and the question of Hormuz as well as how the U.S…
Mar 4
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Jesse Marks
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Tehran burns as Chinese experts debate Beijing's interests
Editors Note: There was a mix up with some of the URLs (and my translation), which has been corrected and edits made.
Mar 2
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Jesse Marks
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What the Iran War Means for Gulf AI Ambitions
Mapping the risks to future AI infrastructure
Mar 1
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Jesse Marks
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Will the GCC be an inference or frontier AI powerhouse?
This is the next paper in a series of essays on U.S.-China-GCC technology competition.
Feb 17
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Jesse Marks
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The Bottleneck That Could Break Trump’s Gaza Plan
Israel’s Border Controls Threaten Reconstruction Before It Begins
Feb 10
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Jesse Marks
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When does an AI model become “Arab”?
The Middle East’s AI race focuses on hardware, but there is a deeper question about whether models can think in Arabic, not merely translate into it…
Jan 29
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Jesse Marks
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Will Trump overthrow the Iranian regime?
Syria’s experience show that U.S.
Jan 27
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Jesse Marks
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Winning the Chip War, Losing the Supply Chain?
This is the next paper in a series of essays on U.S.-China-GCC technology competition.
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Jan 23
Winning the Chip War, Losing the Supply Chain?
This is the next paper in a series of essays on U.S.-China-GCC technology competition.
Jan 21
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Jesse Marks
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NCUSCR Panel: China's Reaction to U.S. military action in Venezuela ft. Margaret Myers & Tong Zhao
I recently had the privilege of modernating panel with the National Committee on US-China Relations to discuss China’s reaction to U.S.
Jan 16
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Jesse Marks
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