Author: Julian Luca Schneider

Master’s student in Strategy and International Security at the University of Bonn, currently spending a research semester at National Taiwan University. My interests include diplomacy, history, and EU–China relations. I bring professional experience from the German Foreign Service, CASSIS, and Hays AG, and hold a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Mainz, where I did a semester abroad at the University of Warsaw.

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Control, Compute, and a Global Open-Source-Offensive: Beijing’s Blueprint for AI Dominance

By Julian Luca Schneider 17 June, 2026 17 June, 2026 0

The United States and China are increasingly locked in a competition over the future of artificial intelligence, but they pursue fundamentally different strategies. While the US channels massive private investment into the race toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), China focuses on three core pillars: maintaining political control over AI systems, achieving technological self-reliance in semiconductor production, and promoting open-source AI models as global alternatives to Western platforms. Through initiatives like the AI+ program and its latest Five-Year Plan, Beijing aims to integrate AI deeply into industry, infrastructure, and national security rather than concentrating solely on frontier AI research.

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(Analysis) When Taiwan Becomes the Flashpoint: Inside the Latest Japan-China Tensions

By Julian Luca Schneider 20 April, 2026 22 April, 2026 0

Since Sanae Takaichi’s recent statement on Japan’s potential “survival-threatening situation,” diplomatic relations between China, Japan, and Taiwan have reached a crisis point. All three countries are navigating these new tensions. This article analyses and traces the recent debates and discussions in the three countries.