Qatar Joins US-Led Pax Silica Initiative
Qatar has signed the Pax Silica Declaration, an initiative led by the U.S. alongside Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the U.K., Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Australia to strengthen the silicon supply chain (see 2512160019), the State Department announced this week.
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The agency said Qatar has affirmed a "new geopolitical consensus that economic security is national security, and national security is economic security." The country plans to join the other Pax Silica members in creating "multilayered partnerships that strengthen supply chain security, address coercive dependencies and single points of failure, and advance the adoption of trusted technology ecosystems," the State Department said. "Additional signatories are expected to follow."