America and China are no longer racing for the Smartest AI— They are Racing for the Whole Ecosystem

Foreign Affairs Forum | Dr. Antonio Bhardwaj (Dr. 🆎)| August 18, 2026 Executive Summary The contest for artificial intelligence supremacy between the United States and China has entered a new phase. What began four years ago as a race to build the most capable model has evolved into a contest over the entire scaffolding that surrounds intelligence: safety architecture inside frontier…