Overview
- New U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said India will receive an invitation next month to join Pax Silica as a full member.
- Undersecretary Jacob Helberg said Qatar is expected to sign the declaration on Jan. 12, with the United Arab Emirates planned for Jan. 15.
- Pax Silica aims to secure the full technology stack—from critical minerals and advanced manufacturing to compute infrastructure and logistics—to reduce coercive dependencies.
- U.S. and Israeli officials are preparing a Pax Silica–linked strategic framework that includes a proposed “Fort Foundry One” industrial park in Israel and a tentative Jan. 16 memorandum of understanding.
- Officials characterize the grouping as a “coalition of capabilities” within the Trump administration’s economic statecraft, with Gulf partners valued for capital, energy resources, and strategic location.