The Role of the Middle East in the US-China Race to AI Supremacy
Nov 19, 2024AI is a pivotal catalyst for global innovation, with the United States at the forefront of the development of this transformative technology amid its ongoing great power rivalry with China. This report aims to define the concept of AI supremacy and to revise the US' AI strategy in accordance with a more comprehensive understanding of it. The report also looks at how the competition has affected actors from the Middle East, namely the UAE and Saudi Arabia, attempting to steer the conversation on the global AI race toward a comprehensive conception of AI supremacy that is anchored in the realities of international affairs and US-China great power competition.
About the Director
Mohammed Soliman
Mohammed Soliman is the director of the Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program at the Middle East Institute, where he leads a global team of scholars to explore the policy challenges associated with the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and business in the Middle East and emerging markets more broadly.
Program Experts
Vincent Carchidi
Non-Resident Scholar
Alicia Chavy
Non-Resident Scholar
Andrew Hanna
Non-Resident Scholar
Bassant Hassib
Non-Resident Scholar
Elene Janadze
Non-Resident Scholar
Micah J. Loudermilk
Non-Resident Scholar
Niranjan Shankar
Non-resident Scholar
Suhayla Sibaai
Non-Resident Scholar
Elliot Silverberg
Non-resident Scholar
Mohammed Soliman
Director, Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program
No events are currently scheduled for this program. Subscribe to our mailing list to receive notification of events as they are added to the calendar.
