Pax Silica Initiative 

News: The opposition parties recently criticized Prime Minister over India’s exclusion from the United States–led Pax Silica initiative, attributing it to a sharp deterioration in his relationship with U.S. President.

About Pax Silica Initiative

• Pax Silica is a United States–led strategic initiative focused on building a secure, resilient, and innovation-driven silicon and artificial intelligence supply chain.
• The initiative spans the full technology ecosystem, from critical minerals and energy inputs to advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, software platforms, and global logistics.
• Participating Countries: The inaugural Pax Silica Summit included Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia.
  • Guest contributions were provided by Taiwan, the European Union, Canada, and the OECD.
  • It is supported by leading global companies and investors across the AI and semiconductor ecosystem.
    • Representative firms include Sony, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Samsung, SK Hynix, ASML, Rio Tinto, DeepMind, Temasek, and MGX. 
• Strategic Purpose: It responds to the strategic importance of artificial intelligence by reducing coercive dependencies, strengthening supply chain resilience, and promoting fair market practices to protect sensitive technologies and critical infrastructure.
• Focus Areas:  Pax Silica focuses on securing key segments of the global technology stack.
  • Priority areas include software applications and platforms, frontier foundation models, and information connectivity and network infrastructure.
  • Additional focus areas include compute, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, transportation logistics, critical minerals refining and processing, and energy grids and power generation.