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Alasdair Phillips-Robins

Alasdair Phillips-Robins is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He served as a senior policy advisor to the U.S. secretary of commerce from 2023-2025.

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Don’t Offshore American AI to the Middle East

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Alasdair Phillips-Robins, Sam Winter-Levy

May 8, 2025, 12:01 AM

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