US Expands Pax Silica With Qatar And UAE

The US, Qatar and the UAE signed the Pax Silica Declaration, a US-led initiative to secure semiconductor and AI-related technology value chains; Qatar signed on January 12 and the UAE on January 14 during ceremonies attended by US Under Secretary Jacob Helberg and local ministers. Launched by the State Department in December 2025, Pax Silica now counts nine members and aims to strengthen trusted partnerships across critical minerals, compute infrastructure, manufacturing and logistics to reduce single-source vulnerabilities.