This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchelor.

I'm John Batchel with my colleague and friend Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang.

You will all recall the President's most recent embassy to the ACN Conference of Kuala Lumpur and on to Seoul, South Korea

for the APEC meeting, included stops in Tokyo and then, of course, hosted by South Korea.

President's conversation turned on many trade matters, but at the same time, always implicit was these two very, very important

economies in Asia are part of the worldwide effort to resist Chinese aggression and what is to be

done. The contest is not only about warfare, it's also about the future. Gordon, AI is always on the mind now because there's

supposed to be a bubble somewhere. I'm looking for it. However, at the same time, other countries

are participating in the AI contest with the People's Republic of China. I believe Tokyo and Seoul

are part of that matrix.

You have a question for Scott, Gordon.

Well, Scott, thank you very much for that important paper,

because it reminds us that the AI contest in the world is not just U.S. versus China,

as everybody portrays it, but there are other important players,

such as the two that you highlight in your paper. Scott Harold. Scott Harold. Scott Harold is our longtime colleague and a senior political

scientist at Rand, as well as a professor of policy analysis of the Rand School of Public Policy.

Scott, a very good day to you. Gordon's question points to your

substack page. Please tell us what you've discovered. Good evening to you. Good evening, John and

Gordon. Thank you for the opportunity to come on as always, John. So I think one of the

points you let off with, Gordon, is really correct. You know, whether we're talking about the Biden-Harris

administration or the Trump Vance administration, both of them have recognized that allies and

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