About this Event
Pax Silica for Pax AmericanaDiplomatic Relations: Reimagining Stability in the Age of AI and Semiconductors
What is Pax Silica? It is the idea that control over semiconductors—and the complex ecosystem that enables them—will define the next era of global order, much as military and economic dominance shaped past systems of stability. From advanced chips to the minerals and energy required to produce them, this emerging framework underscores how technological supply chains are becoming the backbone of geopolitical power.
At this event, Pacific Forum (PF) experts will share their latest findings, examining the full value chain—from critical minerals and energy inputs to chip design and manufacturing—to assess how these interconnected sectors can sustain American leadership in an increasingly competitive world.
Join us for a timely conversation at the intersection of technology, security, and grand strategy.
About the Speaker
Akhil Ramesh leads the Economic Statecraft Initiative at Pacific Forum in Honolulu, Hawaii. He oversees all research, analysis and programming on India. Concurrently, he engages in research on the increasing intersection of economic, trade and national security policy making in the Indo-Pacific.
He is working toward expanding the portfolio of economic statecraft related programming at Pacific Forum. He holds an M.S. with a concentration in global macroeconomics from New York University in New York, a certificate in business and geopolitics from HEC Paris, France. Most recently, he worked with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Prior to that, based out of New York City, worked as a project coordinator and lead of the mapping project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative at the EastWest Institute. He is a columnist with the American newspaper the Hill and his research has been featured in CNN, Washington Post, Bloomberg and published in global journals such as Nikkei Asia, Japan Times, South China Morning Post, to name a few.
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