The Robot Dog Paradox: How America’s Own Research Is Arming China’s Military-Industrial Machine

Foreign Affairs Forum | Dr. Antonio Bhardwaj (Dr. 🆎)| August 20th, 2026 Introduction On the same day this week that China’s Unitree Robotics made its trading debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, surging as much as 629% and closing with a market valuation of roughly $50 billion, Reuters published an investigation that should trouble anyone concerned with the durability of American technological…