Prelims Perspective: What needs to be learned?

• What is the Pax Silica Initiative?
• Member Countries

Mains Perspective: Notes need to be prepared

• Groupings & Agreements Involving India (GS II- International Relations)

What needs to be known?

• Pax Silica Initiative
  • What is it?: Pax Silica is a US-led strategic initiative to build a secure, prosperous, and innovation-driven silicon supply chain from critical minerals.
  • Objective: To reduce coercive dependencies, protect the materials and capabilities foundational to artificial intelligence, and ensure aligned nations can develop and deploy transformative technologies at scale. 
  • Countries: US, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Israel, UAE, Australia, Qatar.

Source: The Indian Express