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DESCRIPTION:How do advanced technologies like AI cross geopolitical boundar
 ies? Drawing on a new dataset linking international trade and patent filing
 s\, this talk examines how exports of data-processing machines shape the gl
 obal spread of AI. It shows that U.S. allies differ markedly in how they tr
 ade with geopolitical rivals—and that these differences strongly predict wh
 ere new AI innovations emerge. To explain this pattern\, Dr. Park introduce
 s a framework that highlights how gaps between geopolitical alignment and t
 rade preferences among allies shape the diffusion of AI. He finds that geog
 raphy and comparative advantage create competing economic interests among a
 llies\, driving trade beyond security coalitions. \n\n \n\nSojun Park is a 
 postdoctoral associate at the MIT Center for International Studies. His res
 earch examines the politics of science\, technology\, and global governance
 \, with particular attention to intellectual property rights and internatio
 nal trade. Dr. Park's work has been published in Review of International Or
 ganizations\, Review of International Political Economy\, and Public Choice
 . He received a B.A. (with honors) from Korea University and earned his M.A
 . and Ph.D. from Princeton University as a Fulbright Scholar. He was also a
  predoctoral fellow with the Global Political Economy Project at Georgetown
  University.\n\n \n\nThis seminar will be held in the Pye Room (E40-496). L
 unch will be available. Please RSVP here.\n\nContact Kate Danahy at kdanahy
 @mit.edu with any questions. \n\nThis event is part of the CIS Global Resea
 rch & Policy Seminar Series. Join our mailing list here to learn about upco
 ming seminars in the series.
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SUMMARY:The Global Diffusion of AI Technologies and Its Political Drivers
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