pax silica initiative for 14 December 2025

Pax Silica Initiative Latest News

The Congress party recently targeted the Prime Minister over India’s exclusion from the United States-led strategic initiative, Pax Silica, citing the ‘sharp downturn’ in his relations with US President Donald Trump.

About Pax Silica Initiative

• It is a U.S.-led strategic initiative to build a secure, prosperous, and innovation-driven silicon supply chain—from critical minerals and energy inputs to advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, and logistics.
• The term 'Pax Silica' comes from the Latin term ‘pax’ which means peace, stability, and long-term prosperity. 
• Silica refers to the compound that is refined into silicon, one of the chemical elements foundational to the computer chips that enable AI.
• It aims to reduce coercive dependencies, protect the materials and capabilities foundational to AI, and ensure aligned nations can develop and deploy transformative technologies at scale.
• Which Countries Are Part of Pax Silica?
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • Singapore
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Israel
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Australia
• Countries Affirmed a Shared Commitment To:
  • Pursue projects to jointly address AI supply chain opportunities and vulnerabilities in priority critical minerals, semiconductor design, fabrication, and packaging, logistics and transportation, compute, and energy grids and power generation.
  • Pursue new joint ventures and strategic co-investment opportunities.
  • Protect sensitive technologies and critical infrastructure from undue access or control by countries of concern.
  • Build trusted technology ecosystems, including ICT systems, fiber-optic cables, data centers, foundational models and applications.

Source: IE