Israel and the UAE have also joined the initiative, which aims for domination of the AI industry through securing control of supply chains
News Desk - The Cradle
“Today, Qatar signed the Pax Silica Declaration, marking a historic milestone in the region’s economic integration. Together, the US and Qatar affirm a new geopolitical consensus that economic security is national security, and national security is economic security,” the State Department said.
“Qatar’s leadership and commitment to investing in secure energy, advanced technology, and critical minerals supply chains make it an indispensable partner in this effort, placing Qatar in the vanguard of nations that will drive the next stage of global economic growth,” the statement added.
The Gulf state has now become the eighth signatory of the Pax Silica initiative. The announcement comes a month after Israel formally entered into the agreement.
The UAE has also joined the initiative and is expected to sign and officially enter the agreement in the coming days.
The Pax Silica alliance aims to dominate the AI economy by tightly controlling the supply chains that underpin it – from raw materials and shipping lanes to data flows and chip manufacturing.
It was launched in December last year.
“We believe that true economic security requires reducing excessive dependencies and forging new connections with reliable partners and suppliers committed to fair market practices,” the State Department said at the time.
According to The Cradle’s Mohamad Hasan Sweidan, “the initiative serves as a geopolitical instrument to isolate China and cement western supremacy in the industries of the future.”
“Pax Silica functions less as an agreement and more as a framework for political consolidation … Through tighter controls on investments, infrastructure expansion under approved networks, and incentives for compliant industries, Washington seeks to hardwire political allegiance into the circuitry of the AI economy. Economic resilience, under this arrangement, no longer refers to market strength, but to loyalty to a strategic order,” he added.
The expansion of the agreement comes as the UAE has been working to become a hub for AI technology.
A US military technology company and the Emirati state arms manufacturer recently partnered to design and produce AI-powered drones at a research center in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi.
This initiative is a result of the major agreements signed during US President Donald Trump’s trip to the UAE in May this year – many of which focused on AI.
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