Core Ideas
The most powerful peace mechanism in history is not treaties or weapons — it is economic interdependence. When nations are deeply integrated economically, the cost of war becomes prohibitive. The AI Middle Way creates exactly this kind of interdependence, but between the Global South and both superpowers simultaneously.
By positioning coalition nations as essential nodes in a cooperative AI governance network — where both US and Chinese companies need licensed access to sovereign data — the coalition creates a web of economic relationships that makes conflict irrational. This is not idealism. It is the same logic that has kept the US and China from direct military conflict despite decades of strategic competition.
"You don't go to war with your supply chain."