The rapid financing of the AI boom through massive corporate debt issuance is creating significant stress on global financial markets. This influx of private capital forces competition with government Treasury bonds, as AI companies offer higher yields than equivalent sovereign debt, thereby pushing up long-term interest rates. While this signals strong investment demand for AI, it raises concerns about systemic risk and the potential destabilization of core bond markets. Policymakers must navigate the tension between fueling critical technological growth and maintaining stable public borrowing costs to prevent a financial crisis.
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English Summary
The article argues that U.S. foreign policy consensus has fundamentally eroded due to increased political polarization and the decline of the traditional policy establishment. This shift is fueled by partisan media consumption and the weakening of institutional cooperation, allowing presidents to act with greater independence but also increasing political vulnerability. Consequently, national security policies are projected to become highly partisan and significantly shorter-lived, replacing decades-long strategies with four-to-eight-year initiatives. This reduced time horizon and inability to build broad consensus severely diminishes America's capacity to craft durable grand strategies necessary to deter hostile powers.
中文摘要
本文論述指出，由於政治兩極化加劇和傳統政策建制（policy establishment）的衰退，美國的外交政策共識已發生根本性侵蝕。這一轉變的推動力來自於政黨化媒體的消費模式，以及機構合作的削弱。雖然這使得總統能夠更獨立地採取行動，但也同時增加了其政治上的脆弱性。因此，國家安全政策預計將變得極度黨派化，且壽命會顯著縮短，從過去數十年累積的戰略，轉變為四至八年期的短期倡議。這種時間視野的縮短和無法建立廣泛共識的困境，嚴重削弱了美國制定能夠威懾敵對勢力的持久宏觀戰略的能力。
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