Import Imperatives - by Anton Leicht - Threading the Needle
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How and why middle powers should import frontier AI systems
Import Imperatives How and why middle powers should import frontier AI systems Anton Leicht Feb 06, 2026 3 Share Together with Sam Winter-Levy, Liam Patell and Sarosh Nagar, I recently published a report for the Foundation of American Innovation: ‘ An Allied World on the American AI Stack ’, describing how the U.S. might mount a program to promote the export of AI to its allies. The following post outlines my motivation for that work and looks at the other side of the same coin, describing why and how middle powers should approach U.S. AI exports. The issue of technological sovereignty is back
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