Tag: supply-chain

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  The Semiconductor Shortage Was a Dress Rehearsal. The Real Crisis Is Coming.

  Jun 22, 2026

  • Jakub Jirák

  The 2021 chip shortage revealed civilization's dependence on Taiwan's semiconductor fabs. A Taiwan Strait conflict would be categorically more devastating.

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  The Country That Holds the AI Supply Chain Hostage

  Jun 6, 2026

  • Jakub Jirák

  ASML and the Netherlands hold extraordinary leverage over the global semiconductor supply chain. How a small country accidentally acquired geopolitical power it never wanted.

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