Michael Sobolik
@michaelsobolik
sr fellow @HudsonInstitute | “Countering China’s Great Game” @USNIbooks | contributing editor @ProvMagazine | “China superhawk” @ChinaDaily | @chelspat’s hubby
Wow. Worked so hard on this book. Holding it in my hands is something else. “Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance” Available everywhere on April 15th

Giving China Chips Derails Trump Decoupling - WSJ wsj.com/opinion/giving…
The Trump administration is taking vital steps to eliminate America's dependence on Beijing for critical technologies. But allowing the sale of Nvidia chips to China will supercharge Chinese AI capabilities, @michaelsobolik writes. wsj.com/opinion/giving…
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My latest in @WSJopinion about why the Trump Administration shouldn’t let NVIDIA sell advanced chips to China: “Why then, at the very moment Washington is cleaning up Wall Street’s mess, would policy makers allow Silicon Valley to hijack America’s China policy?”
Allowing Nvidia H20 AI chip sales to China would "supercharge" Beijing's AI capabilities, undermining U.S. decoupling efforts, warns Michael Sobolik. He argues this move would benefit China's military & commercial tech, ignoring past theft patterns. wsj.com/opinion/giving… Giving…
It was a pleasure to join @RepHuizenga, @michaelsobolik, @dkaushik96, and @bill_drexel at @HudsonInstitute last week for an insightful discussion on the US-China competition in AI and robotics.
As a regular consumer of @michaelsobolik’s research, it was an honor to be a part of this panel at @HudsonInstitute to discuss the robotics supply chain, and U.S.-China competition.
Thanks to @RepHuizenga for speaking at @HudsonInstitute last week! It was an honor to launch my new policy paper on US-China AI and robotics competition with such a distinguished panel. Thanks to @MartijnRasser, @dkaushik96, and @bill_drexel for joining.
Embodied AI: How the US Can Beat China to the Next Tech Frontier - @michaelsobolik for @HudsonInstitute - Guest Michael Sobolik underscores America’s need for AI dominance over China: hudson.org/embodied-ai-ho…
.@ChelsPat with wise counsel in @NRO about the need to protect vulnerable Afghans: “The Biden administration’s chaotic and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 left tens of thousands of Afghan allies, women, and persecuted individuals at the mercy of the Taliban. Many…
Afghanistan is one the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian. The Trump Administration has long defended religious freedom issues, and I strongly urge them to continue protecting the most vulnerable. nationalreview.com/2025/07/americ…
Seeing a number of folks raise this possibility. The timeline doesn’t add up though. In June, U/S Jeffrey Kessler briefed Congress that H20 chips were *not* part of the rare earths deal. Zero connection between folding on H20s and the Geneva/London negotiations. This is due to…
Unfortunately I fear this is at least partly due to China's rare earth threats & restrictions & their ability to blackmail us with their current dominance in the rare earths supply chain, BUT letting China have H20 chips from @nvidia is not wise. @RepMoolenaar @committeeonccp
By continuing to protect vulnerable Afghans in America, @POTUS can position himself not only as a corrector of Biden’s failure but as a defender of American honor and global credibility. nationalreview.com/2025/07/americ…
The one member cutting through the noise on this issue is @RepMoolenaar of @committeeonccp. It’s a red herring to justify H20 chip sales to China because it isn’t Nvidia’s most powerful chip. As Rep. Moolenaar argues in his recent letter to @howardlutnick (⤵️): “The relevant…
The debate over how many chips American companies should be allowed to sell to China is breaking Capitol Hill in two. @Dareasmunhoz with more: punchbowl.news/article/tech/t…
Thanks to @WSJ for publishing my commentary in today’s newspaper about US-China tech competition: “Unilaterally ceding America’s greatest AI advantage could render irrelevant the Trump administration’s laudable efforts to decouple from China.
