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The National Interest: How Meta’s Acquisition of Manus Shows a New National Security Formula

By: JIANLI YANG - Jan 9, 2026 Meta’s acquisition of Manus highlights how the United States can absorb global AI talent while tightening national security controls in an intensifying US–China tech rivalry. In late December 2025, Meta Platforms officially acquired...

National Interest: Humanity’s Best Hope: Love, Virtue, and Survival in the Age of AI

Humanity’s embrace of AI companions—once imagined in Her—reveals a crossroads: whether technology will deepen our capacity for love or quietly replace it, eroding what makes us human. By Jianli Yang - Oct 21, 2025 From Blade Runner’s rain-soaked corporate dystopia to...

Innovation, Openness, and the AI Race: Lessons from the 2025 Nobel Laureates in Economics

By: Jianli Yang and James Davis The winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics underscore how innovation and openness fuel progress—offering lessons for the US–China AI race and the fragility of growth. The 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, awarded to...

The National Interest: Dynamic Precision Export Control: America’s Edge in the AI Race with China

Dynamic precision offers the United States a smarter way to slow China’s AI climb while keeping developers tied to American ecosystems and standards. By: Dr. Jianli Yang DeepSeek’s meteoric rise—and the stumbles that followed—has put in stark relief how US-China...