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Douglas A. Rediker

Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, specializing in foreign policy and the global economy.

Reliance on American or Chinese AI could progressively constrain their choices across industry, defense, science, health, information, culture, and politics, leaving formal sovereignty superficially intact while weakening practical control over the systems on which their societies depend. [...] They need enough capacity, portability, choice, and bargaining power to prevent dependence from becoming subordination.

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Douglas A. Rediker, “Middle power AI agency: Preserving choice between the United States and China,” Brookings Institution, September 8, 2026.

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The EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on US providers

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AI Verified Rediker argues Europe needs AI capacity and bargaining power to prevent dependent subordination. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Correct answer: for. Rediker supports European AI capacity to avoid dependence; recorded answer matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Brookings article by Douglas A. Rediker (8 Sep 2026) contains this exact passage. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago

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