America’s supply chains are more than an economic issue. They are a national security issue. Steve Yates explains how dependence on the People’s Republic of China for critical materials, medicines, semiconductors, and manufacturing creates strategic vulnerabilities, why COVID-19 exposed those risks, and what policymakers, businesses, and citizens can do to build a more resilient and secure American economy.

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America&rsquo;s supply chains are more than an economic issue. They are a national security issue. Steve Yates explains how dependence on the People&rsquo;s Republic of China for critical materials, medicines, semiconductors, and manufacturing creates strategic vulnerabilities, why COVID-19 exposed those risks, and what policymakers, businesses, and citizens can do to build a more resilient and secure American economy.
Follow Nation States with Yates for more conversations that connect global strategy to everyday American life.

Nation States with Yates is your personal national security advisor: translating global politics, foreign policy, and geopolitical risk into clear, Main Street common sense. Hosted by Steve Yates, a former White House national security official, each episode delivers concise, experience-driven insight into how decisions are made at the highest levels, and what they mean for the United States and the world.

Nation States with Yates&nbsp;is your personal national security advisor: translating global politics, foreign policy,&nbsp;and geopolitical risk into clear, Main Street common sense. Hosted by Steve Yates, a former White House national security official, each episode delivers concise, experience-driven insight into how decisions are made at the highest levels, and what they mean for the United States and the world.

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Nation States: America’s Hidden Weakness, Supply Chains

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Welcome to Nation States with Yates

Introducing Pax Silica: America's Smart Play

Pax Silica: A Coalition for AI Security

The Impact on Main Street America

Early Successes and Future Prospects

Closing Thoughts and Next Episode Preview

America’s race to lead the AI century will depend on far more than faster chips or bigger data centers. Steve Yates examines the State Department’s Pax Silica initiative, explaining how trusted alliances, secure supply chains, critical minerals, semiconductor manufacturing, and strategic investment could strengthen America’s economic and national security while creating new opportunities for workers, businesses, and communities.

Follow Nation States with Yates for more conversations connecting global strategy to America’s future with Steve Yates, your personal national security advisor. 

Connect with the show at NationStatesYates@Gmail.com and follow on X @NSWithYates

America&rsquo;s race to lead the AI century will depend on far more than faster chips or bigger data centers. Steve Yates examines the State Department&rsquo;s Pax Silica initiative, explaining how trusted alliances, secure supply chains, critical minerals, semiconductor manufacturing, and strategic investment could strengthen America&rsquo;s economic and national security while creating new opportunities for workers, businesses, and communities.
Follow Nation States with Yates for more conversations connecting global strategy to America&rsquo;s future with Steve Yates, your personal national security advisor.&nbsp;
Connect with the show at <a href="mailto:NationStatesYates@Gmail.com">NationStatesYates@Gmail.com</a> and follow on X <a href="https://x.com/NSwithYates">@NSWithYates</a>

Nation States: Pax Silica, America’s Blueprint for Winning the AI Century

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America’s greatest strategic advantage may not begin with military power, but with national confidence, innovation, and economic resilience. Steve Yates explains the idea of “America Maxing,” why he believes it is essential to meeting the long-term challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China, and how stronger supply chains, reduced strategic dependence, and renewed American optimism fit into that vision.

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America&rsquo;s greatest strategic advantage may not begin with military power, but with national confidence, innovation, and economic resilience. Steve Yates explains the idea of &ldquo;America Maxing,&rdquo; why he believes it is essential to meeting the long-term challenge posed by the People&rsquo;s Republic of China, and how stronger supply chains, reduced strategic dependence, and renewed American optimism fit into that vision.
Follow Nation States with Yates for more conversations that connect national security to everyday American life.

Nation States: America Maxing the China Challenge

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Defining Smart Power

Welcome to Nation States

America's Cultural and Rhetorical Strengths

The Need for Comprehensive National Security

Adapting to a New Era of National Security

Iran and the Evolution of Smart Power

Steve Yates breaks down “smart power,” the missing middle between open-ended military intervention and diplomacy that rewards bad behavior. Using Christian Whiton’s book Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War as a guide, Yates looks at how America can better use culture, rhetoric, economics, intelligence, military posture and political warfare to confront China, Iran and other adversaries without repeating past failures.

Follow Nation States with Yates for clear, common-sense insights where Steve Yates serves as your personal national security advisor, breaking down world events in ways that matter to Main Street, not just Washington.

Today's topics: Steve Yates, Nation States with Yates, smart power, Christian Whiton, Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War, national security, foreign policy, statecraft, diplomacy, war, appeasement, China, Iran, Islamism, political warfare, economic leverage, cultural influence, military posture, intelligence reform, Arab Spring, Libya, Benghazi, Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, Abraham Accords, Trump administration, Obama administration, Bush administration, Cold War, America maxing

Steve Yates breaks down &ldquo;smart power,&rdquo; the missing middle between open-ended military intervention and diplomacy that rewards bad behavior. Using Christian Whiton&rsquo;s book Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War as a guide, Yates looks at how America can better use culture, rhetoric, economics, intelligence, military posture and political warfare to confront China, Iran and other adversaries without repeating past failures.
Follow Nation States with Yates for clear, common-sense insights where Steve Yates serves as your personal national security advisor, breaking down world events in ways that matter to Main Street, not just Washington.
Today's topics: Steve Yates, Nation States with Yates, smart power, Christian Whiton, Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War, national security, foreign policy, statecraft, diplomacy, war, appeasement, China, Iran, Islamism, political warfare, economic leverage, cultural influence, military posture, intelligence reform, Arab Spring, Libya, Benghazi, Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, Abraham Accords, Trump administration, Obama administration, Bush administration, Cold War, America maxing

Nation States: Smart Power Between War, Diplomacy and Appeasement

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Nation States: America’s Hidden Weakness, Supply Chains

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